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Message: <blockquote data-quote="see" data-source="post: 8919159" data-attributes="member: 10531">I mean, yes, but . . . it's still a victory.There's a limit to how much contract terms can bind things going forward. I've suggested some language for an OGL 1.0b to plug some holes, but if (say) someday Hasbro went into bankruptcy liquidation, the bankruptcy judge could clear that contractual encumbrance as part of the asset auction. And then the new private equity firm that bought the copyrights could come along and say, "The old contract has been voided by a bankruptcy court; you need a new deal to use our copyrighted material in new works going forward, and we're going to charge you for it."What has happened with the CC-BY-4.0 release is that WotC/Hasbro can't stop the material that most directly substitutes for their new material and their licensing initiatives going forward by messing with de authorization claims. That done, what's the actual business case for Hasbro/WotC burning down the commons? It would create a bunch of bad publicity for them, without actually doing anything to stop a NaziQuest MMO that advertises itself as "based on the Dungeons & Dragons® rules!"</blockquote>