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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tburdett" data-source="post: 444876" data-attributes="member: 4714">Well, I've been called a troll (not by you Henry), so why not play the part?I'll go ahead and apply the Half-Troll template to myself and reply.Making friends wherever I go with my sunny disposition and easy going attitude! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />I do not believe that the companies that you referenced sell enough product to represent even a significant fraction of what WotC sells.These companies are 'niche' companies that exist solely because WotC created a license that ALLOWS them to exist.  If WotC felt that it could sell more products by forcing these companies out of business, it would.  As it is, WotC uses (yes, uses) these listed companies to drive the sales of it's core products.When you ask one of these companies "Who is your daddy?" they had better answer that "WotC" is their daddy.  Factual.Furthermore, the very fact that these companies sell small amounts of product in comparison to WotC limits their penetration into gaming groups.I'm basing my opinions on a set of ideas that may or may not be accurate.  Based on what I've read here (in the news, the polls, and in the forums) I believe that these are accurate.a) That the vast majority of d20 gamers are involved in D&D campaigns.b) That the vast majority of D&D games include some splatbook material.c) That the D&D games that include splatbook material will continue to use splatbook material even if PC Gen is no longer able to include it.If (a), (b), and (c) are all true, then PC Gen WILL be marginalized if they are unable to include WotC's D&D splatbook material.You said yourself that you no longer enter list file information  because it is too time consuming.  That is one of the points that I was trying to make.I have a career, family, and a life away from the gaming table.  My entire existance does not revolve around what WotC or any of these other companies does.I have no interest in deciphering list creation documentation or entering list entry after list entry, and I don't think that I am in the minority.Projects like PC Gen depend on being able to distribute the work load to a large number of participants.This allows a large number of individuals to complete a task in a fraction of the time that it would take a single individual to complete that same task.If EVERY user has to enter WotC's non-SRD material because WotC refuses to allow PC Gen to use it, the program will be useless to the vast majority of gamers.BTW Mynex, I'm still waiting for an official answer to my question about the creation of a non-compliant PC Gen app based upon your freely available source code and the possible ramifications of that action with regards to your deal with WotC.Hugs and kisses for everybody.  Of course, you'll need to make a save to avoid the effects of my saliva, but that's not my problem.</blockquote>

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