Re: 5e.tools source code removed from github after DCMA from Wizards

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024 11:23:17 -0600, dozens <dozens@tilde.team> wrote:

https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2024/08/2024-08-07-wizards-of-the-coast.md

I'm actually surprised it took so long, because it contained a lot of
D&D source material, far above and beyond what the d20 SRD license
seemed to allow, including full text of sourcebooks and adventures.
It should be no surprise that they're bringing the hammer down, even
if Hasbro/WOTC is only doing this NOW (after long turning a blind eye
to 5eTool) because Hasbro is now intent on leveraging the game into a
'service'. Certainly 5eTool's little boilerplate "this reference is
only to be used for products you already own" was /never/ a legitimate
cover for what they were doing, which was essentially pirating WOTC
material.

The TL;DR is that 5eTools did this to themselves. I'm usually loathe
to side with corporations (or Hasbro specifically) but in this case,
they are in the right. Had 5eTools restricted themselves to just the
mechanics, it might have been different but that's not what they were
doing.