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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6555867" data-attributes="member: 22424">I think the move away from physical books is inevitable. Annoyingly, I also think WotC had pretty much the right mechanism for that move already in place, in the form of the DDI (and specifically the Compendium). Having essentially abandoned it, they'll now have to reinvent it if they decide to go that route again.I tend to agree.I hope you're wrong about this. But I don't think you are.Again, I hope you're wrong about this, but don't think you are. Further, I think any license less than the OGL will promptly be ignored almost entirely.I don't think they can stop it. I would be surprised if it wasn't possible to do a clone of 5e under the OGL. It's just not worth the hassle - the exact same book with the serial numbers filed off would sell a fraction of the copies, even if it could be sold at a fraction of the price (which it probably couldn't). Ryan Dancey was asked about that very possibility way back when the OGL was formulated; his reply was essentially, &quot;they're welcome to try.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6555867, member: 22424"] I think the move away from physical books is inevitable. Annoyingly, I also think WotC had pretty much the right mechanism for that move already in place, in the form of the DDI (and specifically the Compendium). Having essentially abandoned it, they'll now have to reinvent it if they decide to go that route again. I tend to agree. I hope you're wrong about this. But I don't think you are. Again, I hope you're wrong about this, but don't think you are. Further, I think any license less than the OGL will promptly be ignored almost entirely. I don't think they can stop it. I would be surprised if it wasn't possible to do a clone of 5e under the OGL. It's just not worth the hassle - the exact same book with the serial numbers filed off would sell a fraction of the copies, even if it could be sold at a fraction of the price (which it probably couldn't). Ryan Dancey was asked about that very possibility way back when the OGL was formulated; his reply was essentially, "they're welcome to try." [/QUOTE]

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