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Greymuzzle. Alpha geek. Pilot. Dungeon Master for 44 years. InfoSec specialist. Radio antenna-licker. Scotch snob. Something something ASB. 1st responder. 3" group @ 400 yards. Growing old not growing up.

@georgetakei Remmember, this is the creep who owned various major beauty pageants and would barge unannaounced into dressing rooms of the contestants. Because, y’know, “if you’re a celebrity you can grab—“ you know the rest.

A narcissistic sexual predator, once spurned and resisted by a target, never forgets.

@georgetakei Coming from a state whose overwhelmingly dominant religion (including among its legislators) regularly spawns colonies of barely-adolescent girls being systemically sexually abused and treated as a blend of solace and cattle, and which champions anti-gay law and suicide-inducing ritual shunning.

Yep. In character. At least they’re consistent..

@Azurewhitewolf It is indeed a sticky situation.
@Azurewhitewolf "Yep. That thar's mah glue."

There's more, but the bottom line is that until Hasbro acknowledges the FCP isn't worth the paper it's not printed upon, there is still an avenue of attack. Pay attention, publishers, fan creators.

And Hasbro? YOU listen up. We have a hundred thousand expert rules lawyer DMs, a million min-maxers, and dozens of actual attorneys for every one of yours. Don't double down on dumb decisions. You've taken a step in the right direction but you're still on probation, and we don't OWE you forgiveness.

The FCP "asks". Keep asking, it's good to want things.

The FCP says to not use logos, trademarks, etc., or imply that it's official. That's already covered in trademark law and laws regarding implying endorsement. FCP is irrelevant.

The FCP says Wizards can use your "fan content" without permission. No, they can't, unless you have explicitly agreed to the FCP in which case you give it away. So don't.

The FCP is also now in direct conflict with section 4 item 3 with the CC stuff.

Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast has released the core rulesystem of #5e #DnD under the Creative Commons By-Attribute 4.0 license. https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons

This is ONLY the System Reference Document (SRD), NOT the Player's Handbook or other supplements, and does not affect future versions of D&D.

This is a good thing. It's not perfect, because there is still a snake in the grass to be addressed (the Wizards Fan Content Policy https://company.wizards.com/en/legal/fancontentpolicy ) but my reading is that it's unenforceable.

OGL 1.0a & Creative Commons

Over the past few weeks you, the community, have made your voices heard. And we’ve listened. OGL 1.0a will remain untouched AND the entire SRD 5.1...

OGL 1.0a & Creative Commons

@rinidisc As someone who, long ago, learned C from the very first printing of Kernighan & Richie's book (pre-ANSI no less!)...

This goes straight to my heart.

YouTube brags on its all-knowing "Algorithm" figures pit, based upon what you watch, what you skip, and what you block outright, what you want to see.

So. If the "Algorithm" is so smart, why does it continue to cram my recommendations full of Rogan crap and Tate misogyny when I block every last channel that shows me one of those two holding forth?

If the "Algorithm" is so bad at that, how can it accurately identify what's "advertiser friendly" and what's not? Or which accounts to auto-ban?