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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 5326530" data-attributes="member: 177">You probably misunderstood.  The portions of the book that are designated "Open Content" may be reproduced within the strictures of the OGL.  In order to know what portions those are, you must refer to the statement within the product.If the people who created the work have any wiles, there will be portions of the book that are not designated Open - which means you can't legally copy the whole text willy-nilly.  You have to have a legal copy to know what can be reproduced.The OGL does not exist primarily so consumers can access content for free.  Its basic purpose is to allow other publishers to easily incorporate one work into another.  If your thought is, "It is open, so I can copy it for my own use for free!" then you have largely missed the point.Well, let us be clear:  EN World does not condone or support copyright violation.  Our hobby depends on good people getting paid for their work, and our site depends on producers feeling safe that we aren't going to be jerks.Please do not use EN World as a way to exchange information on how to acquire infringing content.  Thanks.</blockquote>