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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5792566" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>Honestly Mark, the primary problems I see with OGL vs DDI are practical ones, not ideological.</p><p></p><p>The primary one being how do you compete with free? Ema showed how quickly and relatively easily you could bang out an online character generator using WOTC's material. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to see the same sort of thing happen again.</p><p></p><p>The second one is how do you actually include OGL material into the DDI? The 3pp didn't exactly cover themselves in glory when it came to editing (not that WOTC is all that much better). Having poorly edited entries in the DDI reflects badly on WOTC, even if it has nothing really to do with them. It's quite possible that people would not draw the distinction.</p><p></p><p>Thirdly, is the OGL crowd large enough to make it worth it? Again, I have no idea. But, adding OGL material to the DDI is not free. It will cost WOTC, if nothing else, they'd have to check that OGL material added actually WAS OGL. Would they recoup those costs and make a profit from it?</p><p></p><p>Lastly, how much control should WOTC exercise over what gets loaded onto the DDI? Is it simply enough that someone slaps a Section 15 onto something and uploads it? Or, should there be some sort of quality review process? Given that part of WOTC's attraction is high production values and a reputation for pretty decent quality, I'm thinking they'd actually have to review every submission before greenlighting it's upload. Again, is the potential money coming in worth the expense?</p><p></p><p>I never really meant to get into a pissing match over this. I just think that these are pretty serious concerns that are not being addressed when people talk about how this or that game should be OGL. It's all well and good to say that everything should be OGL, but, there really needs some serious review over whether this makes economic sense or not.</p><p></p><p>/edit - I really have to learn to count. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5792566, member: 22779"] Honestly Mark, the primary problems I see with OGL vs DDI are practical ones, not ideological. The primary one being how do you compete with free? Ema showed how quickly and relatively easily you could bang out an online character generator using WOTC's material. It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to see the same sort of thing happen again. The second one is how do you actually include OGL material into the DDI? The 3pp didn't exactly cover themselves in glory when it came to editing (not that WOTC is all that much better). Having poorly edited entries in the DDI reflects badly on WOTC, even if it has nothing really to do with them. It's quite possible that people would not draw the distinction. Thirdly, is the OGL crowd large enough to make it worth it? Again, I have no idea. But, adding OGL material to the DDI is not free. It will cost WOTC, if nothing else, they'd have to check that OGL material added actually WAS OGL. Would they recoup those costs and make a profit from it? Lastly, how much control should WOTC exercise over what gets loaded onto the DDI? Is it simply enough that someone slaps a Section 15 onto something and uploads it? Or, should there be some sort of quality review process? Given that part of WOTC's attraction is high production values and a reputation for pretty decent quality, I'm thinking they'd actually have to review every submission before greenlighting it's upload. Again, is the potential money coming in worth the expense? I never really meant to get into a pissing match over this. I just think that these are pretty serious concerns that are not being addressed when people talk about how this or that game should be OGL. It's all well and good to say that everything should be OGL, but, there really needs some serious review over whether this makes economic sense or not. /edit - I really have to learn to count. :( [/QUOTE]
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