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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 6295270" data-attributes="member: 10479"><p>The d20 System Trademark License did that to some degree and to a greater degree when they altered the d20 System Trademark License (the latter prompting the Book of Erotic Fantasy to subsequently be published OGL-only in 2006).&nbsp; Up until that alteration, it was more common to publish using the d20 STL (in combination with the OGL) but some folks didn't like the idea that WotC might pull the plug on a project after it had been printed/released and it became more common afterward to publish without the d20STL.&nbsp; By the time WotC was moving on to 4E and revoked the d20 STL, they had already created an environment where many folks were publishing OGL-only.&nbsp; I wonder, if they hadn't nudged folks to publishing OGL-only by altering the d20 STL if it would have been as easy for folks to publish OGL-only D&amp;D-related materials at the time the d20 STL was officially pulled.&nbsp; I think with the couple of years of a running start, it was less jarring for the market which had gotten used to such materials being OGL-only.&nbsp; It's my opinion that the d20 STL was very strong early on but that WotC themselves weakened it and paved the way for a much stronger post-3.XE OGL environment.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 6295270, member: 10479"] The d20 System Trademark License did that to some degree and to a greater degree when they altered the d20 System Trademark License (the latter prompting the Book of Erotic Fantasy to subsequently be published OGL-only in 2006). Up until that alteration, it was more common to publish using the d20 STL (in combination with the OGL) but some folks didn't like the idea that WotC might pull the plug on a project after it had been printed/released and it became more common afterward to publish without the d20STL. By the time WotC was moving on to 4E and revoked the d20 STL, they had already created an environment where many folks were publishing OGL-only. I wonder, if they hadn't nudged folks to publishing OGL-only by altering the d20 STL if it would have been as easy for folks to publish OGL-only D&D-related materials at the time the d20 STL was officially pulled. I think with the couple of years of a running start, it was less jarring for the market which had gotten used to such materials being OGL-only. It's my opinion that the d20 STL was very strong early on but that WotC themselves weakened it and paved the way for a much stronger post-3.XE OGL environment. [/QUOTE]

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