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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8882496" data-attributes="member: 6801845">I think all of this is overstated.  Whether they can revoke the old OGL is open to debate, the basic idea is that perpetual is irrevocable if both sides benefit from the contract.  But I'll leave that up to the lawyers.The new OGL we have is a draft, not the final version. If I were someone like Kobold Press I'd have my lawyers talk to WOTC and work something out.  To be honest, I think WOTC should get some revenue from companies that make more than three quarters of a million dollars off their IP.  If it ever even comes to that.  A more likely result will be that Kobold Press (and the other handful of large companies) will work out a deal with WOTC to sell their products on DDB.But small publishers?  If WOTC took their property right now and made minor changes before publishing it as their own?  Those small publishers probably couldn't afford the lawyers to fight it anyway.  Even under the proposed OGL if WOTC didn't compensate the original publisher, the public backlash alone would not make it worth their while.  They have a slow rate of publication for official material, I don't see that changing.  Out of all the risks of publishing, WOTC stealing the idea would be way, way, way down the list.Or maybe I'm all wrong and the sky is falling.  I'd make some wagers that in a year we'll have pretty much forgotten about all of this, but that violates forum policy.</blockquote>

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