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Title: [D&D 5e] Product Licencing
Post by: jadrax on September 27, 2014, 03:15:02 AM
No matter, its a hoax apparently.
Title: [D&D 5e] Product Licencing
Post by: Warthur on September 27, 2014, 12:53:35 PM
Mind linking to the hoax, just so we know to point out that it isn't real if we see it posted elsewhere?
Title: [D&D 5e] Product Licencing
Post by: jadrax on September 27, 2014, 01:12:44 PM
https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/free-d-d-community-use-license

I think its actually a fan licence rather than a hoax, god knows - I was posting before my morning cuppa and now I am posting having just come back from work.
Title: [D&D 5e] Product Licencing
Post by: Monster Manuel on September 27, 2014, 08:31:53 PM
It's almost certainly a hoax, especially if you look at the manifesto here (https://sites.google.com/site/dndphilmont/blog). Nevermind the direct mentions of other companies like Paizo. WotC would never do that.

The release schedule in the "license" and the proposal are just about identical.

I would have liked the hoax license, but for the allowance that anyone could use your stuff without giving you credit, including WotC. I loved the OGL, but I think that you should give someone credit if you use their stuff.
Title: [D&D 5e] Product Licencing
Post by: Monster Manuel on September 27, 2014, 08:39:05 PM
Proof of the hoax:

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?365124-Parody-Thread-Two-new-licenses-for-2015-D-amp-D-COMPATIBLE-and-FREE-D-amp-D!-COMMUNITY-USE (http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?365124-Parody-Thread-Two-new-licenses-for-2015-D-amp-D-COMPATIBLE-and-FREE-D-amp-D!-COMMUNITY-USE)
Title: [D&D 5e] Product Licencing
Post by: JeremyR on September 28, 2014, 07:59:25 AM
Why on Earth would someone do that?
Title: [D&D 5e] Product Licencing
Post by: crkrueger on September 28, 2014, 11:25:36 AM
Some men just want to watch the world burn.