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<blockquote data-quote="demoss" data-source="post: 8909937" data-attributes="member: 6690191"><p>This is incorrect in my understanding.</p><p></p><p>The <em>word</em> is there, but the language as a whole includes ways for the license to be revoked at WotC's sole discretion - either universally, or for a single creator.</p><p></p><p>First, look at the part that actually talks about irrevocability:</p><p></p><p><em>"... irrevocable (meaning that content licensed under this license can never be withdrawn from the license) ..."</em></p><p></p><p>This clearly governs the licensed content, not the license itself. So no, they cannot say "ability scores are no longer licensed", but they CAN stop offering the license at any time, and they can void the already accepted licenses through a variety of means:</p><p></p><p>1. Morality clause allows individual severance at whim.</p><p></p><p>2. Claiming infringement allows termination without time allowed for cure. It is not clear to me there is an effective way to challenge claimed infringement.</p><p></p><p>3. The non-standard version of the severance clause in practise allows voiding the entire license. Not whim, but I'm pretty sure a high-powered lawyer will be able to find something unenforcable allowing Wizards to void the entire license.</p><p></p><p>4. There is explicit language in the contract saying that any explainers, headings, or footnotes have no meaning: clearly intended to allow them to misrepresent the contents in summaries, like saying "specifically includes the word irrevocable".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="demoss, post: 8909937, member: 6690191"] This is incorrect in my understanding. The [I]word[/I] is there, but the language as a whole includes ways for the license to be revoked at WotC's sole discretion - either universally, or for a single creator. First, look at the part that actually talks about irrevocability: [I]"... irrevocable (meaning that content licensed under this license can never be withdrawn from the license) ..."[/I] This clearly governs the licensed content, not the license itself. So no, they cannot say "ability scores are no longer licensed", but they CAN stop offering the license at any time, and they can void the already accepted licenses through a variety of means: 1. Morality clause allows individual severance at whim. 2. Claiming infringement allows termination without time allowed for cure. It is not clear to me there is an effective way to challenge claimed infringement. 3. The non-standard version of the severance clause in practise allows voiding the entire license. Not whim, but I'm pretty sure a high-powered lawyer will be able to find something unenforcable allowing Wizards to void the entire license. 4. There is explicit language in the contract saying that any explainers, headings, or footnotes have no meaning: clearly intended to allow them to misrepresent the contents in summaries, like saying "specifically includes the word irrevocable". [/QUOTE]
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