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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Jenkin" data-source="post: 434739" data-attributes="member: 2572"><p>PCgen will not die even if WotC does not approve its non-SRD material, but probably not for the reasons Mynex and Co. can admit to. While not everyone is able to make thier own lst files right now it is not nearly as hard as writing your own copy of Unreal. The expertise is not limited to PCGen developers and people will produce the files independent of PCgen and thier wishes. Its not that PCgen can't handle the splat material they are just not providing it. For now almost everyone is respecting PCGen's wishes and not distributing these files in hopes that as they say this will help thier negotiations. If the negotiations fail I personaly feel that it will be much more dificult to stop people from sharing just as they do now for etools. PCGen can and will continue to follow d20 rules and not distribute any non-aproved material but the files will still be availible elseware. If WotC decides to start suing unafilliated individues for this they could, but it will cause them a much larger PR problem than going after a company (Dispite its all volunteer status thats what PCGen is now) and look how well the even larger and deeper pocketed music industry has done in shutting down file sharing. If WotC is smart they will licence the material to PCGen and stop the black market before it even forms.</p><p></p><p></p><p>[Edit: Sorry to repeat part of what dvvega posted but he posted while I was working on my reply]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Jenkin, post: 434739, member: 2572"] PCgen will not die even if WotC does not approve its non-SRD material, but probably not for the reasons Mynex and Co. can admit to. While not everyone is able to make thier own lst files right now it is not nearly as hard as writing your own copy of Unreal. The expertise is not limited to PCGen developers and people will produce the files independent of PCgen and thier wishes. Its not that PCgen can't handle the splat material they are just not providing it. For now almost everyone is respecting PCGen's wishes and not distributing these files in hopes that as they say this will help thier negotiations. If the negotiations fail I personaly feel that it will be much more dificult to stop people from sharing just as they do now for etools. PCGen can and will continue to follow d20 rules and not distribute any non-aproved material but the files will still be availible elseware. If WotC decides to start suing unafilliated individues for this they could, but it will cause them a much larger PR problem than going after a company (Dispite its all volunteer status thats what PCGen is now) and look how well the even larger and deeper pocketed music industry has done in shutting down file sharing. If WotC is smart they will licence the material to PCGen and stop the black market before it even forms. [Edit: Sorry to repeat part of what dvvega posted but he posted while I was working on my reply] [/QUOTE]
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