Ok, excuse my ignorance, sincerely.
My quick glance the other day was that the only portions of the 5e SRD being released to CC was all the mechanics stuff that is perhaps not even protectable anyway. Everything relating to classes, to spells, to magic items, everything else, was held back and will only be available under the more restrictive new OGL that is “replacing” 1.0a. Is this not a correct read of what they actually did?
Because if what I restate above is true, WOTC has essentially tried to have its cake and eat it too, by making a big announcement about CC and mollifying the barking press and less-knowledgeable people, but is effectively screwing everyone just as hard as before. But again, maybe I misread this or it changed very recently.