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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ktulu" data-source="post: 4184713" data-attributes="member: 13465">Think of it this way.  the OGL is like a sandbox that WotC let other developers play in.  At first, they were building sandcastles, and driving tonka trucks around.  Then some of the developers decided to take a bunch of the sand to another part of the playground to play with.  WotC has more than enough sand, so that wasn't a problem.  The issue began when the developers told everyone, "You can play over here, in our sandbox.  You don't need to play in WotC's at all" (ala creating their own PH books but using the OGL (Arcana Unearthed is a prime example).WotC then went out and got a big huge bin of Lego's.  Again, they offer anyone to play with their legos and build neat stuff.  However, they don't want sand all over their Lego's, and they don't want anyone taking the legos to the other side of the park to play without them.It makes complete sense for WotC to do this.  It's also not a bad thing from the developer's desk.  If they published the same content in both editions, they're doubling their work and publishing costs.  If they publish some material in 4 and others in OGL, then they're going to piss off their fanbase.  I know I'd be irritated if a really good book from Green Ronin, for example, came out only in 3.x, and I'd be equally irritated if they put both OGL & 4e material in the book.It seems very reasonable for WotC to require this.</blockquote>