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<blockquote data-quote="Nagol" data-source="post: 5926631" data-attributes="member: 23935"><p>This philosophy fails when the purpose is to engage as broad an audience as possible but the terms of the contract act as a barrier to entry that part of the base balks. </p><p></p><p>I know I've given up the concept of participating in the playtest because of the "all players must sign" and the "no derivative work" provisions of the agreement.</p><p></p><p>I signed up to look at the material, but am not willing to put any energy into gathering or participating in a playtest group.</p><p></p><p>I am not going to guess <em>why</em> WotC decided these restrictions are appropriate or whether any violation on my part <em>is actually</em> frowned upon by WotC. I simply look at the restrictions and ask myself "Would following this agreement lead to a net benefit for me?" The answer seems to be a mild no so I won't bother engaging.</p><p></p><p>*edit*</p><p></p><p>And copyright gives WotC great control over its playtest materials irrespective of trying to layer on a probably unenforcable end-use agreement.</p><p></p><p>/edit</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nagol, post: 5926631, member: 23935"] This philosophy fails when the purpose is to engage as broad an audience as possible but the terms of the contract act as a barrier to entry that part of the base balks. I know I've given up the concept of participating in the playtest because of the "all players must sign" and the "no derivative work" provisions of the agreement. I signed up to look at the material, but am not willing to put any energy into gathering or participating in a playtest group. I am not going to guess [I]why[/I] WotC decided these restrictions are appropriate or whether any violation on my part [i]is actually[/i] frowned upon by WotC. I simply look at the restrictions and ask myself "Would following this agreement lead to a net benefit for me?" The answer seems to be a mild no so I won't bother engaging. *edit* And copyright gives WotC great control over its playtest materials irrespective of trying to layer on a probably unenforcable end-use agreement. /edit [/QUOTE]
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