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<blockquote data-quote="Ltheb Silverfrond" data-source="post: 8889198" data-attributes="member: 39867">Rather than create a licensed RPG system, which runs the risk of another repeat of this drama, making an RPG and placing it immediately and directly into public domain.&nbsp; You can't copyright game mechanics, only their expression.&nbsp; Eliminate that hurdle.&nbsp; Let anyone publish.&nbsp; Sure, someone could conquer the market, or it could be flooded with undesirable products, but no one could pull what WotC is doing now, regardless of legal chicanery.&nbsp; With the core mechanics free to use, publishers would be free to copyright or license their contributions to the systems as they feel fit.&nbsp; Is this profitable for a company to do this? Probably not as much as using the format WotC (possibly falsely) claimed to use for the last 20 years.&nbsp; Would it bring good will to the publisher(s) that do it? Yes, but good will doesn't pay the bills.Do we need a rival to oppose D&amp;D? Maybe, or maybe not.&nbsp; Does WotC need to get a taken down a notch or two? Yes.Whatever comes of this drama, I hope we see a healthier, stable industry in the future, not balanced on legal rulings of an untested License agreement.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ltheb Silverfrond, post: 8889198, member: 39867"] Rather than create a licensed RPG system, which runs the risk of another repeat of this drama, making an RPG and placing it immediately and directly into public domain. You can't copyright game mechanics, only their expression. Eliminate that hurdle. Let anyone publish. Sure, someone could conquer the market, or it could be flooded with undesirable products, but no one could pull what WotC is doing now, regardless of legal chicanery. With the core mechanics free to use, publishers would be free to copyright or license their contributions to the systems as they feel fit. Is this profitable for a company to do this? Probably not as much as using the format WotC (possibly falsely) claimed to use for the last 20 years. Would it bring good will to the publisher(s) that do it? Yes, but good will doesn't pay the bills. Do we need a rival to oppose D&D? Maybe, or maybe not. Does WotC need to get a taken down a notch or two? Yes. Whatever comes of this drama, I hope we see a healthier, stable industry in the future, not balanced on legal rulings of an untested License agreement. [/QUOTE]

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