Alzrius
The EN World kitten
So you're of the opinion that several weeks of anxiety for the entire industry, and multiple publishers having to upend their business plans, wasn't a negative impact?Really? What negative impact has it had on the hobby?
The underlying premise to what you're saying here, which is the implication that "negative impact" is only measured by permanent/continuing losses, isn't how a lot of other people define that particular phrase. But if that's what you go by, then how about this: there are other SRDs which have yet to be released into the CC, and for people who still publish under the OGL, the continuing anxiety about that is a "negative impact" by your standard.
No, it really didn't. Just ask anyone who publishes under the OGL for a different SRD. Or do they not count?It resulted in a far stronger open license.
And at the end of the day, I'd say you're wrong. But don't take my word for it, take the word of this PhD dissertation about how the OGL resulted in more creativity, which means that damaging it the way WotC has is likely to result in less, since the CC doesn't have as many SRDs.At the end of the day, I’d argue that this was probably the healthiest thing for the hobby since the ogl was created.