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By prohibiting ORC licensing on Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite, Paizo is now a step closer to WotC's walled garden approach with dmsguild
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<blockquote data-quote="Anon Adderlan" data-source="post: 9287861" data-attributes="member: 53053"><p>So this issue came up on my search for ORC info, yet apparently neither #Google nor #Bing properly indexed this thread, so I had to invoke site search to finish the job.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I thought this too, but truth is your derived mechanics are only licensed under ORC if you include the explicit declaration. And unless you're copying things verbatim you don't need a license to use or modify mechanics in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Now I understand what folks meant when they said this license only benefits upstream creators, as downsteam creators are forced to open their additions while they are not. And the idea that the threat of lawsuits is what's driving adoption implies we should fear that upstream creators might take unwarranted legal action despite working within the law.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Anon Adderlan, post: 9287861, member: 53053"] So this issue came up on my search for ORC info, yet apparently neither #Google nor #Bing properly indexed this thread, so I had to invoke site search to finish the job. I thought this too, but truth is your derived mechanics are only licensed under ORC if you include the explicit declaration. And unless you're copying things verbatim you don't need a license to use or modify mechanics in the first place. Now I understand what folks meant when they said this license only benefits upstream creators, as downsteam creators are forced to open their additions while they are not. And the idea that the threat of lawsuits is what's driving adoption implies we should fear that upstream creators might take unwarranted legal action despite working within the law. [/QUOTE]
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