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<blockquote data-quote="Ydars" data-source="post: 4695361" data-attributes="member: 62992"><p>First, let me say that I think the new GSL is a massive improvement on the old one, though it is by no means perfect. Kudos to Scott Rouse and to Clark for pushing this through. I am sure that 4E will now be enriched with many many new things and that can only be good and will help bring in new people and may convert those who have not adopted the new edition.</p><p> </p><p>But my gut is with Pawsplay on this: an Astonishing amount of WoTCs so called IP is actually derived from ideas literally cherry picked from works of Fantasy and Sci-Fi with little or no regard for the IP rights of the original creators.</p><p> </p><p>And a awful lot of what makes D&D, D&D was developed, not by large corporations like TSR or WoTC, but by fans.</p><p> </p><p>For the love of god, BOTH the major settings markerted by WoTC came from FANS: Eberron and FR.</p><p> </p><p>The Beholder was made up by a friend of Gygax's and he was never paid a cent for it. Mindflayers are ripped off from Cthulu andmreged with other sources. The list goes on and on.</p><p> </p><p>I guess what I feel is that the OGL enshrined the fact that the fans or outsiders actually created one hell of a lot of what most people regard as core D&D and acknowledged that it is likely that they will continue to do so.</p><p> </p><p>So it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when they take it away. Having said this, I would still like to end by paying tribute to Scott Rouse and Orcus for their work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ydars, post: 4695361, member: 62992"] First, let me say that I think the new GSL is a massive improvement on the old one, though it is by no means perfect. Kudos to Scott Rouse and to Clark for pushing this through. I am sure that 4E will now be enriched with many many new things and that can only be good and will help bring in new people and may convert those who have not adopted the new edition. But my gut is with Pawsplay on this: an Astonishing amount of WoTCs so called IP is actually derived from ideas literally cherry picked from works of Fantasy and Sci-Fi with little or no regard for the IP rights of the original creators. And a awful lot of what makes D&D, D&D was developed, not by large corporations like TSR or WoTC, but by fans. For the love of god, BOTH the major settings markerted by WoTC came from FANS: Eberron and FR. The Beholder was made up by a friend of Gygax's and he was never paid a cent for it. Mindflayers are ripped off from Cthulu andmreged with other sources. The list goes on and on. I guess what I feel is that the OGL enshrined the fact that the fans or outsiders actually created one hell of a lot of what most people regard as core D&D and acknowledged that it is likely that they will continue to do so. So it leaves a bad taste in my mouth when they take it away. Having said this, I would still like to end by paying tribute to Scott Rouse and Orcus for their work. [/QUOTE]
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