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   trashHeap :verified_gay: (trashheap@tech.lgbt)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Feb-2023 22:11:40 JST trashHeap :verified_gay:

   1. Did Wizards of the Coast recognize before this that the OGL1.0a was commonly understood across the entire industry to be irrevocable, and that even they as an organization had stated this previously?

   2. If the OGL 1.1 was the result of a multi-year internal project examining these questions, why was it seemingly ignorant of the variety of ways the OGL 1.0a was being used in the industry. Or were things like OpenD6 considered collateral damage?

   3. If the intent was to stop megacorps from abusing your IP, why was there so much focus on crowdfunding?

   4. Why was there seemingly no investigation of leveraging trademarks to do so much of this?

   #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #wotc #ogl #ttrpg

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     David Atwell (ilinamorato@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Feb-2023 22:11:39 JST David Atwell

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     @trashheap not to say they wouldn't try, but Creative Commons has been tested in court and been shown to be irrevocable. OGL 1.0a has not. We probably don't need to trust them because this is bigger than them.

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     trashHeap :verified_gay: (trashheap@tech.lgbt)'s status on Wednesday, 08-Feb-2023 22:11:40 JST trashHeap :verified_gay:

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     5. You have stated both that you would have liked to object to Meta/Facebook creating a VR tabletop of your rules. But are okay with say existing third party VTT solutions. Is there a consistent rationale? Or do you simply wish to lock out businesses you would have trouble competing with?

     6. Seeing as the OGL1.0a was commonly understood across the industry as irrevocable; and WoTC was commonly percieved as using legal linguistic tricks to circumvent it's intent. Why should third parties and content creators trust your assertion that the Creative Commons release of 5e's rules is irrevocable. The Creative Commons being just yet another license commonly understood as being irrevocable.

     7. Is it still the position of WoTC that it has the right to resend the OGL1.0a at any future date, even if it has no intent to in the present?

     #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #wotc #ogl #ttrpg

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