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<blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 8900240" data-attributes="member: 12731"><p>Okay so let me try to make it simple.</p><p></p><p>People on the interwebs discuss the OGL. Can WotC revoke it? Are their changes legal? Will people contest it in court?</p><p></p><p>All these questions completely miss the point.</p><p></p><p><strong>The point is that the trust is gone.</strong> This trust came from a belief (now shattered) that WotC wouldn't do this.</p><p></p><p>Whether they actually <em>can</em> do this is completely beside the point. Whether they backtrack or weasel or apologize-not-apologize is completely beside the point (and worthless as long as they insist on retaining the right to make future changes).</p><p></p><p><strong>All because the trust is gone.</strong></p><p></p><p>Just about the ONLY action they can take to "save the OGL" would be to turn it over to EFF. Or legally connect it to a truly open license such as Creative Commons. Or something - I am not a lawyer. Permanently (perpetually, irrevocably, you name it) giving up all their rights to the open source movement somehow.</p><p></p><p>Anything short of that will fail. Again not because of any particular legal wrinkle.</p><p></p><p><strong>But because the trust is gone.</strong></p><p></p><p>I really don't know how to explain it simpler than this, so if you still don't comprehend my language, we will just have to leave it - this is my final attempt.</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CapnZapp, post: 8900240, member: 12731"] Okay so let me try to make it simple. People on the interwebs discuss the OGL. Can WotC revoke it? Are their changes legal? Will people contest it in court? All these questions completely miss the point. [B]The point is that the trust is gone.[/B] This trust came from a belief (now shattered) that WotC wouldn't do this. Whether they actually [I]can[/I] do this is completely beside the point. Whether they backtrack or weasel or apologize-not-apologize is completely beside the point (and worthless as long as they insist on retaining the right to make future changes). [B]All because the trust is gone.[/B] Just about the ONLY action they can take to "save the OGL" would be to turn it over to EFF. Or legally connect it to a truly open license such as Creative Commons. Or something - I am not a lawyer. Permanently (perpetually, irrevocably, you name it) giving up all their rights to the open source movement somehow. Anything short of that will fail. Again not because of any particular legal wrinkle. [B]But because the trust is gone.[/B] I really don't know how to explain it simpler than this, so if you still don't comprehend my language, we will just have to leave it - this is my final attempt. Cheers [/QUOTE]
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