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by forgotpwd16 1266 days ago
>WoTC could sue anyone who made content for ownership even if it was made with the previous license.

Unless I misunderstand, according to the submitted thread this isn't the case.

>The good news is that, because of the reliance principle, third party creators who have already created a work under the OGL likely could continue to sell that work even if the OGL were revoked. They just could not create any new works.

Although that "likely" gives doubts.

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It doesn't give doubts about whether WoC could sue, it's giving an opinion that WoC would probably lose if they did.

> WoTC could sue anyone

isn't contradicted at all by that opinion.

That's not very helpful ... "Anyone can sue anyone for anything anytime."
The big question is: would they win? Nobody knows, because nothing about this has ever been tested in court as far as I know.
A company that depends on selling stuff compatible with DnD is going to go out of business very quickly if they can't put new content out.