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<blockquote data-quote="OB1" data-source="post: 8907206" data-attributes="member: 6796241"><p>So it seems that the two primary goals of this was for WotC to be able to stop hateful content being published under their license, and to prevent VTTs from directly competing against Wizards VTT using Wizards owned content. A few thoughts and questions.</p><p></p><p>1. For the lawyers - If Company A is using the 1.0a OGL and includes content from Company B, but NO content from WotC SRDs, would WotC have any grounds to stop that? Seems like they wouldn't. What would WotC sue over?</p><p>2. If WotC abuses it's power to stop hateful content from being published, I expect they will be called out just as hard as they have for the last few weeks. Someone has to be the arbiter of this, and given all WotC has done to help promote inclusiveness over the past 20 years, I'll trust them to wield this power carefully. Just because WotC CAN use it to shut down a product they don't like, doesn't mean they will.</p><p>3. I agree with those saying that this isn't a true OGL, and I think that's fine. Between CC, ORC and this OGL, companies will be able to publish a mix of content based on the wants of their customers. </p><p>4. Of all this, the VTT issue I think is the most important to WotC. Perhaps they already have wind of a software company building their own VTT using the 5e SRD and are working to cut them off at the pass. And this may be why the new OGL is coming out a year before 6e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OB1, post: 8907206, member: 6796241"] So it seems that the two primary goals of this was for WotC to be able to stop hateful content being published under their license, and to prevent VTTs from directly competing against Wizards VTT using Wizards owned content. A few thoughts and questions. 1. For the lawyers - If Company A is using the 1.0a OGL and includes content from Company B, but NO content from WotC SRDs, would WotC have any grounds to stop that? Seems like they wouldn't. What would WotC sue over? 2. If WotC abuses it's power to stop hateful content from being published, I expect they will be called out just as hard as they have for the last few weeks. Someone has to be the arbiter of this, and given all WotC has done to help promote inclusiveness over the past 20 years, I'll trust them to wield this power carefully. Just because WotC CAN use it to shut down a product they don't like, doesn't mean they will. 3. I agree with those saying that this isn't a true OGL, and I think that's fine. Between CC, ORC and this OGL, companies will be able to publish a mix of content based on the wants of their customers. 4. Of all this, the VTT issue I think is the most important to WotC. Perhaps they already have wind of a software company building their own VTT using the 5e SRD and are working to cut them off at the pass. And this may be why the new OGL is coming out a year before 6e. [/QUOTE]
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