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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 3987798" data-attributes="member: 13107">But, d20srd.org imposes on the commercial world if it removes an opportunity for WOTC to make money by creating a similar site and charging a fee for it.  Or, if it removes an opportunity for WOTC to force you to purchase the core books.  What I've heard so far about the licenses is that this is exactly what WOTC is trying to do.  The changes to the licenses are telling, where the SRD does not contain the rules material itself, but instead contains references to the rules.Basically, where I see this going is that to access the rules you must either purchase a core book, or purchase a copy protected PDF of a core book.  And, to obtain the full content of the material, you must purchase a subscription to the DDI and pay an additional fee to unlock the added content.  I'm seeing that as the core business model, and any sites which interfere with that strategy will be strongly opposed.  A site like d20srd.org is completely out of the picture.The question the business model leaves me is how accessible will the DDI content be.  That is:(*) Will it be a simple collection of HTML pages, with good cross-links and searchability?(*) Will it be a disconnected collection of strongly copy protected PDFs?(*) Will it be downloadable?</blockquote>