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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8882916" data-attributes="member: 7035894"><p>Here's why I am being cautious:</p><p></p><p>1. It's possible that Hasbro/WotC are being Bond villains right now and basically trying to stifle competition, revoke the existing OGL, etc, the way some of the more extreme "leaks" have implied (I'm thinking particularly of the one that reads like a ten year old wrote it, not a contract lawyer). In that case, yeah, man the barricades! Pass me a torch!</p><p></p><p>2. It's possible that what we are getting is fragments of negotiations between lawyers, management, etc., and people are leaking things in an attempt to strengthen their position. For example, what if what people are assuming is language from a new OGL is actually language from a specific contract negotiation? Suddenly the situation looks a lot different.</p><p></p><p>We know for sure that going forward, Hasbro wants renumeration from people using D&D to make money past certain thresholds. That's not unreasonable. The question that we don't really know yet is how this relates to existing products, and whether the terms will be such the there will be a chilling effect of the release of future products, which would be bad for fans and creators.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8882916, member: 7035894"] Here's why I am being cautious: 1. It's possible that Hasbro/WotC are being Bond villains right now and basically trying to stifle competition, revoke the existing OGL, etc, the way some of the more extreme "leaks" have implied (I'm thinking particularly of the one that reads like a ten year old wrote it, not a contract lawyer). In that case, yeah, man the barricades! Pass me a torch! 2. It's possible that what we are getting is fragments of negotiations between lawyers, management, etc., and people are leaking things in an attempt to strengthen their position. For example, what if what people are assuming is language from a new OGL is actually language from a specific contract negotiation? Suddenly the situation looks a lot different. We know for sure that going forward, Hasbro wants renumeration from people using D&D to make money past certain thresholds. That's not unreasonable. The question that we don't really know yet is how this relates to existing products, and whether the terms will be such the there will be a chilling effect of the release of future products, which would be bad for fans and creators. [/QUOTE]
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