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<blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 6294754" data-attributes="member: 5038">Rick Marshall, who was there in the early days of WOTC, stated in comments at Grognardia that it was Adkinson's goal to ensure that D&amp;D could never die. The OGL was a result of the search to ensure that happened:&quot;When D&amp;D was run into the ground by business interests and TSR got itself stuck - unable to pay bills to get products printed that would have earned the money to pay those bills - many of us were frustrated and outraged. Peter wanted to rescue D&amp;D and ensure it could never be imprisoned again.When Magic: The Gathering became such a hit and made Wizards of the Coast successful enough to do so, of course he bought TSR and rescued D&amp;D - any D&amp;D fan in a position to do so would have done so.That was half the deal - to rescue D&amp;D.The other half required figuring out a way to keep it rescued, and that took more thought and work. The OGL was the direct result of that search. It was sold to Wizards of the Coast's business side of the house using the arguments you have repeated here, but those were never the core reason why it happened. That it made sound business sense made it easier to do what Peter and others at Wizards were already bound and determined to do if they could figure out any way to do it.'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greg K, post: 6294754, member: 5038"] Rick Marshall, who was there in the early days of WOTC, stated in comments at Grognardia that it was Adkinson's goal to ensure that D&D could never die. The OGL was a result of the search to ensure that happened: "When D&D was run into the ground by business interests and TSR got itself stuck - unable to pay bills to get products printed that would have earned the money to pay those bills - many of us were frustrated and outraged. Peter wanted to rescue D&D and ensure it could never be imprisoned again. When Magic: The Gathering became such a hit and made Wizards of the Coast successful enough to do so, of course he bought TSR and rescued D&D - any D&D fan in a position to do so would have done so. That was half the deal - to rescue D&D. The other half required figuring out a way to keep it rescued, and that took more thought and work. The OGL was the direct result of that search. It was sold to Wizards of the Coast's business side of the house using the arguments you have repeated here, but those were never the core reason why it happened. That it made sound business sense made it easier to do what Peter and others at Wizards were already bound and determined to do if they could figure out any way to do it.' [/QUOTE]

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