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<blockquote data-quote="see" data-source="post: 8907502" data-attributes="member: 10531"><p>Maybe. Or maybe it's just a subtle lie.</p><p></p><p>If you read the license, you'll notice that there is not a single mention of "Open Game Content". Which means that there is no way to use Open Game Content in accordance with this"OGL 1.2", which means you cannot move such content forward despite Section 9 in the OGL 1.0/1.0a. Between that and the de-authorization of the OGL 1.0 & 1.0a, Wizbro is taking the entire universe of the last 23 years of SRD-derived Open Game Content and make it off-limits for new products.</p><p></p><p>You want to put out a new monster book or adventure for OSRIC? Sorry, bub, you can't use OSRIC's Open Game Content under the OGL 1.0a because that's been deauthorized for new works (at least ones based on Wizbro SRDs, which OSRIC is). And you can't use OSRIC's Open Game Content under the OGL 1.2 because the OGL 1.2 doesn't have any provision for using Open Game Content. Hope you have fun trying to navigate the law on derivative works, because the safe harbors are all closed!</p><p></p><p>But if Wizbro doesn't explicitly say that they're deliberately blowing up the ability to build on the last two decades of work, everybody can get into an argument over the "hateful content or conduct" clause, and Wizbro's opponents can be painted as pro-Nazi.</p><p></p><p>Me, I figure if WotC is going to set us all back to Year Zero on 3rd party content, the things to do are to 1) boycott Wizbro, 2) hope Paizo will save us by vindicating the OGL 1.0a in court; and 3) go with ORC and Black Flag if they can't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="see, post: 8907502, member: 10531"] Maybe. Or maybe it's just a subtle lie. If you read the license, you'll notice that there is not a single mention of "Open Game Content". Which means that there is no way to use Open Game Content in accordance with this"OGL 1.2", which means you cannot move such content forward despite Section 9 in the OGL 1.0/1.0a. Between that and the de-authorization of the OGL 1.0 & 1.0a, Wizbro is taking the entire universe of the last 23 years of SRD-derived Open Game Content and make it off-limits for new products. You want to put out a new monster book or adventure for OSRIC? Sorry, bub, you can't use OSRIC's Open Game Content under the OGL 1.0a because that's been deauthorized for new works (at least ones based on Wizbro SRDs, which OSRIC is). And you can't use OSRIC's Open Game Content under the OGL 1.2 because the OGL 1.2 doesn't have any provision for using Open Game Content. Hope you have fun trying to navigate the law on derivative works, because the safe harbors are all closed! But if Wizbro doesn't explicitly say that they're deliberately blowing up the ability to build on the last two decades of work, everybody can get into an argument over the "hateful content or conduct" clause, and Wizbro's opponents can be painted as pro-Nazi. Me, I figure if WotC is going to set us all back to Year Zero on 3rd party content, the things to do are to 1) boycott Wizbro, 2) hope Paizo will save us by vindicating the OGL 1.0a in court; and 3) go with ORC and Black Flag if they can't. [/QUOTE]
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