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<blockquote data-quote="GM Dave" data-source="post: 5891292" data-attributes="member: 6687992"><p>I doubt OGL would be enough of an issue for a leaving of WotC.</p><p></p><p>4e was not OGL and if some one was to hire me to such a position then I doubt that I would count on OGL being a deal breaker.</p><p></p><p>I would drop out as it was suggested if the WotC/Hasbro were going to try and touch my IP (like Monte's Ptolus) and claim it for their own without paying for the Goodwill.</p><p></p><p>In sales, companies often try to acquire smaller companies just to get their hands on a client list and then dump the rest of the personnel.</p><p></p><p>In design, IP is the only real capital and Monte has developed a fair amount of it with a good following. Many people, myself included, paid attention to WotC DnD again because Monte was hired for the project.</p><p></p><p>IF you are proposing a big new project that you have to get investors attracted to then it helps to hire a big name to put on the project. The person is often only retained long enough to satisfy the investors and then they are discarded to save costs (and avoid their influence).</p><p></p><p>Plenty of deeper reasons than OGL for this situation to occur but as some people have pointed out that it could be something totally unrelated.</p><p></p><p>I nearly walked on a contract because my employer suddenly wanted to be rigid on the work hours of a Friday (I was not big on the work environment anyways so the loss of a call centre job was not a priority). A year later, I left the position because they would not allow me to flex my lunch time and work schedule to attend a course 3xweek for an hour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GM Dave, post: 5891292, member: 6687992"] I doubt OGL would be enough of an issue for a leaving of WotC. 4e was not OGL and if some one was to hire me to such a position then I doubt that I would count on OGL being a deal breaker. I would drop out as it was suggested if the WotC/Hasbro were going to try and touch my IP (like Monte's Ptolus) and claim it for their own without paying for the Goodwill. In sales, companies often try to acquire smaller companies just to get their hands on a client list and then dump the rest of the personnel. In design, IP is the only real capital and Monte has developed a fair amount of it with a good following. Many people, myself included, paid attention to WotC DnD again because Monte was hired for the project. IF you are proposing a big new project that you have to get investors attracted to then it helps to hire a big name to put on the project. The person is often only retained long enough to satisfy the investors and then they are discarded to save costs (and avoid their influence). Plenty of deeper reasons than OGL for this situation to occur but as some people have pointed out that it could be something totally unrelated. I nearly walked on a contract because my employer suddenly wanted to be rigid on the work hours of a Friday (I was not big on the work environment anyways so the loss of a call centre job was not a priority). A year later, I left the position because they would not allow me to flex my lunch time and work schedule to attend a course 3xweek for an hour. [/QUOTE]
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