Quote Originally Posted by Psyren View Post
This doesn't stop another Pathfinder or 3PP. Pathfinder got its start selling physical books and pdfs, both of which are allowed here. 3PP did as well.
Right. And Pathfinder - not Google capitalizing on the popularity of a D&D movie - springing up to continue 5.0 when they release "OneD&D" is what they're really out to prevent.

Unfortunately for them, the scrutiny their actions have brought onto the OGL are making it more likely, I think, that more D&D 5e clones will spring up without bothering with a license at all, relying on teh fact that mechanics can't be copyrighted. We'll have to see how they fair in court. Obviously, there will be suits from Hasbro to stop it, and there will be the "drown them in legal bills until they can't seek a ruling anymore" tactic, but if Google really is who they're afraid of.....