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<blockquote data-quote="TheYeti1775" data-source="post: 4881900" data-attributes="member: 20914">So basically to get it directly from Wizards you have to agree to the 'Fan Site Policy', or you just ignore it and download it from somewhere else.&nbsp; Sorry but forcing 'Fan Sites' into an agreement where they can't have folks download things they create for free won't fly in the majority of the community.&nbsp; Least I would hope it wouldn't.Example, you have created a world in which you have fleshed it out completely.&nbsp; Towns/Cities/Countries/Politics/etc, think a small version of Forgotten Realms.&nbsp; You wouldn't be allowed to have the 'Fan Site' package unless it completely meets the GSL?&nbsp; What if your 'Fan Site' is for your 2E game?&nbsp; The way I read it, you wouldn't be allowed to use this. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Lord knows I am often enough.Heck the way it reads, technically EnWorld wouldn't even qualify as a 'Fan Site'.Sometimes folks just over-lawyer things, when WotC could have just said something to the effect of: &quot;Your our fans, we offer these images for non-commercial use in conjunction with your self-created 'fan sites'.&nbsp; If found in use for commercial... yada yada yada&quot; You get the point, than fans would willingly take them and use them.Now all that being said, I do have to applaud them for taking the GIANT step forward in the attitude for 'fan sites' in general.&nbsp; This is a long way from the days of the TSR C&amp;D Letters that went out to any site that dare mentioned D&amp;D or looked like they did.&nbsp; For that definite props to WotC.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheYeti1775, post: 4881900, member: 20914"] So basically to get it directly from Wizards you have to agree to the 'Fan Site Policy', or you just ignore it and download it from somewhere else. Sorry but forcing 'Fan Sites' into an agreement where they can't have folks download things they create for free won't fly in the majority of the community. Least I would hope it wouldn't. Example, you have created a world in which you have fleshed it out completely. Towns/Cities/Countries/Politics/etc, think a small version of Forgotten Realms. You wouldn't be allowed to have the 'Fan Site' package unless it completely meets the GSL? What if your 'Fan Site' is for your 2E game? The way I read it, you wouldn't be allowed to use this. Please correct me if I'm wrong, Lord knows I am often enough. Heck the way it reads, technically EnWorld wouldn't even qualify as a 'Fan Site'. Sometimes folks just over-lawyer things, when WotC could have just said something to the effect of: "Your our fans, we offer these images for non-commercial use in conjunction with your self-created 'fan sites'. If found in use for commercial... yada yada yada" You get the point, than fans would willingly take them and use them. Now all that being said, I do have to applaud them for taking the GIANT step forward in the attitude for 'fan sites' in general. This is a long way from the days of the TSR C&D Letters that went out to any site that dare mentioned D&D or looked like they did. For that definite props to WotC. [/QUOTE]

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