Comments by "Gilad Barlev" (@GSBarlev) on "Dungeons \u0026 Dragons Rolls a 1 on New License (OGL 1.1) ft. Matt Colville" video.

  1. So here's the thing--and let's talk about just the SRD. Copyleft licenses go both ways. If any part of the SRD text contains content written not by WoTC/Hasbro but adopted from a community contributor (as Dancey intended), then isn't it the case that Hasbro literally cannot re-license the SRD without the contributor's consent? I am not a lawyer, but this has been the explanation I've read about why, for instance, the Linux kernel is still on an older edition of the GPL--regardless of Linus' feelings on GPLv3, the Linux Foundation could not alter the license of the kernel without the consent of every single contributor (or removing the contributions from the hold-outs).
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