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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4905242" data-attributes="member: 40961">Well, that or they'll use a more restrictive license next time.&nbsp; I don't intend to feel any guilt.&nbsp; I'm sure that they were smart enough to understand the incredibly obvious implications of the Creative Commons license they selected.&nbsp; I stand firmly in the &quot;take advantage of the licenses we're given to the fullest&quot; camp.&nbsp; I didn't purchase the 3e SRD materials, because they were free online.&nbsp; I don't purchase 4e books that are in the Compendium.&nbsp; And I'm not going to purchase Eclipse Phase because its free as soon as someone cleanses it of the non CC artwork.&nbsp; I'm sure someone will.&nbsp;I don't believe in economics by guilt.&nbsp; I'm not going to pay money for something explicitly and intentionally made available to me for free.&nbsp; If that's misusing the license, then I've been subjected to some seriously mixed signals.&nbsp; I figure that if you're making your product available to me for free, you've figured out some other revenue source on which you're willing to rely, or you feel that the number of people who want a physical copy will outnumber those happy with an electronic one.&nbsp; And who knows?&nbsp; Maybe they've engineered the game such that a physical copy is necessary.&nbsp; I won't know until I've downloaded my free, legal, entirely authorized copy and checked it out.But if you look at the license, it says that the copyright is retained by Posthuman Studios, LLC.&nbsp; That's the publisher.&nbsp; They had the option of releasing it, but chose not to.&nbsp; Which is fine, really.&nbsp; They didn't have the obligation to release anything under CC.&nbsp; It just means that someone will have to scrub the book a bit before a genuinely legal pdf can be uploaded.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 4905242, member: 40961"] Well, that or they'll use a more restrictive license next time. I don't intend to feel any guilt. I'm sure that they were smart enough to understand the incredibly obvious implications of the Creative Commons license they selected. I stand firmly in the "take advantage of the licenses we're given to the fullest" camp. I didn't purchase the 3e SRD materials, because they were free online. I don't purchase 4e books that are in the Compendium. And I'm not going to purchase Eclipse Phase because its free as soon as someone cleanses it of the non CC artwork. I'm sure someone will. I don't believe in economics by guilt. I'm not going to pay money for something explicitly and intentionally made available to me for free. If that's misusing the license, then I've been subjected to some seriously mixed signals. I figure that if you're making your product available to me for free, you've figured out some other revenue source on which you're willing to rely, or you feel that the number of people who want a physical copy will outnumber those happy with an electronic one. And who knows? Maybe they've engineered the game such that a physical copy is necessary. I won't know until I've downloaded my free, legal, entirely authorized copy and checked it out. But if you look at the license, it says that the copyright is retained by Posthuman Studios, LLC. That's the publisher. They had the option of releasing it, but chose not to. Which is fine, really. They didn't have the obligation to release anything under CC. It just means that someone will have to scrub the book a bit before a genuinely legal pdf can be uploaded. [/QUOTE]

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