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<blockquote data-quote="Vigilance" data-source="post: 4026748" data-attributes="member: 4275"><p>Right, but "losing PHB sales" shouldn't be their only concern. At least imo it shouldn't be.</p><p></p><p>Especially right out of the gate, asking folks to use the new material Wizards just spent a lot of time and money developing to support THAT MATERIAL seems not only good common sense on their part, but also just plain polite. </p><p></p><p>If you want to make a complete OGL book but can't using 3.x material, I guess this would limit you. I really don't see how that would be the case though. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That might have been the original idea but we both know it didn't really work that way. The only material that got re-used in large part was Wizards' material. </p><p></p><p>Because let's face it, we're all proud but poor cobblers here. You have your way of making shoes, and I have mine, and I like mine better. This isn't the same as open source software, which was the analogy being used.</p><p></p><p>There's no objective way to say "mechanic X works better". Even the most widely lauded 3rd-party derived mechanic I can think of, the Damage Save, is not everyone's cup of tea. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I don't think this will necessarily be true. We have no reason to suspect that the license won't allow you to use Mongoose's content in your book as long as it requires the 4e PHB.</p><p></p><p>But again, I don't see this as a huge barrier, because however much the 3e license might have allowed real open source development, that's not how it worked in practice anyway.</p><p></p><p>Chuck</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vigilance, post: 4026748, member: 4275"] Right, but "losing PHB sales" shouldn't be their only concern. At least imo it shouldn't be. Especially right out of the gate, asking folks to use the new material Wizards just spent a lot of time and money developing to support THAT MATERIAL seems not only good common sense on their part, but also just plain polite. If you want to make a complete OGL book but can't using 3.x material, I guess this would limit you. I really don't see how that would be the case though. That might have been the original idea but we both know it didn't really work that way. The only material that got re-used in large part was Wizards' material. Because let's face it, we're all proud but poor cobblers here. You have your way of making shoes, and I have mine, and I like mine better. This isn't the same as open source software, which was the analogy being used. There's no objective way to say "mechanic X works better". Even the most widely lauded 3rd-party derived mechanic I can think of, the Damage Save, is not everyone's cup of tea. I don't think this will necessarily be true. We have no reason to suspect that the license won't allow you to use Mongoose's content in your book as long as it requires the 4e PHB. But again, I don't see this as a huge barrier, because however much the 3e license might have allowed real open source development, that's not how it worked in practice anyway. Chuck [/QUOTE]
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