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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 3181168" data-attributes="member: 9254">You DO expect the data to be changed, or you are thinking the software is an AI that can comprehend the written word.  So think of the RPG software datasets as a translation from English to Computerish.  When you buy an english language book, you don't automatically get the PDF of the French translation.  Heck, you don't get the PDF of the english language book from WotC.  Ahh, another flawed analogy.  Once upon a time, you would have paid for MP3 authoring software.  Now that software is "free" (ad-ware, bundled with the OS or MP3 player hardware, etc) b/c there were other business models to support it. So you don't like the iTunes-type of business model, which one do you like?  How about the one where you buy conversion software,  how much are you willing to pay for a program that will OCR the books, read the rules, comprehend the rules, and then translate it into Cumputerish?  'Cause it is not going to be cheap.   What you are really after is bundling the data with the hardcopy, something you should be complaining to WotC, not PCGen or CMP.  The problem is that it will raise the cost of your books.  RPG software is still something of a niche market within a niche market.  Even when the 3.0 PHB came with the D&D software, most people didn't use it.  Would it be worth the ~$2 increase on all the books to include a CD (guesttimated cost of the disc, the glued-to-the-cover-holder, and the data conversion), especially when RPG software data files MAY cause a decrease in book demand?   That's a hard sell to the WHasbrotC board of directors who are probably still twitching at the notion of the OGL.  But hey, if you can make it happen I will be a happy camper myself, assuming I can use the data in PCGen where my unique campaign materials exist.</blockquote>

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