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<blockquote data-quote="dave2008" data-source="post: 8911642" data-attributes="member: 83242">That is not true at all.&nbsp; People assume that, but it has never been tested in court.&nbsp; A court could easily determine that what is being release is covered under copyright. The only thing we know about uncopyrightable &quot;game mechanics&quot; is that it does cover things like rolling dice and moving tokens. It has never been tested what applies to an RPG. The whole point of the original OGL and now the CC is so we didn't have to test those waters.And again, they are offering an OGL with an SRD!&nbsp; That is still an option.&nbsp; We now have three avenues: CC, OGL, DMsGuild. I think this is incredibly generous.&nbsp; Now, I think the OGL 1.2 needs work, but I believe it can be made to be a suitable replacement for 1.0a. It is not there yet, but it can get there.Also, the OGL 1.0a is still out there and, IMO, valid. It will not have any future SRDs release for it, but it is still a function document and 1.2 doesn't change that.Last thing I will also mention is that WotC said they plan to release more editions to the CC and OGL 1.2. I assume they mean 3e, but wouldn't it be awesome if they released 1e, 2e, or 4e too. I don't think they will, but they could and that too would a big jump in content that can be used.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dave2008, post: 8911642, member: 83242"] That is not true at all. People assume that, but it has never been tested in court. A court could easily determine that what is being release is covered under copyright. The only thing we know about uncopyrightable "game mechanics" is that it does cover things like rolling dice and moving tokens. It has never been tested what applies to an RPG. The whole point of the original OGL and now the CC is so we didn't have to test those waters. And again, they are offering an OGL with an SRD! That is still an option. We now have three avenues: CC, OGL, DMsGuild. I think this is incredibly generous. Now, I think the OGL 1.2 needs work, but I believe it can be made to be a suitable replacement for 1.0a. It is not there yet, but it can get there. Also, the OGL 1.0a is still out there and, IMO, valid. It will not have any future SRDs release for it, but it is still a function document and 1.2 doesn't change that. Last thing I will also mention is that WotC said they plan to release more editions to the CC and OGL 1.2. I assume they mean 3e, but wouldn't it be awesome if they released 1e, 2e, or 4e too. I don't think they will, but they could and that too would a big jump in content that can be used. [/QUOTE]

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