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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nightraven" data-source="post: 4852837" data-attributes="member: 84088">Magan, for companies to make public statements claiming OSRIC is illegal is slander (in spirit if not by the law) and require some sort of explanation (other then "spirit") or those statements should have never been publically made. I think your head is in the sand my friend. I have no problem with any company saying "hey, its not profitable enough for us to run OSRIC or put OSRIC on the cover of our modules", non what so ever. Just don't slam another product as illegal and not show the evidence (what TLG did for one). The problem with threads like this is that they start people talking about how others find OSRIC illegal continuing the mud slinging. Why? Shouldn't we just say "hey, its legal in that it follows the OGL, and so far no one has challenged it in court or even attempted to stop it"? Do we have any evidence that OSRIC is any less legal then say LLs or S&W, or even C&C? TLG doesn't even allow OSRIC to be talked about on its boards because they think thats somehow illegal? Come on, wake up. Imagine if Coke started saying "Pepsi is slowly poisoning its customers, we can't say how for legal reasons but don't drink it, don't touch it with a ten foot pole". That would be challenged in court by Pepsi. Yes, OSRIC isn't a company out to make profit, so its not going to fight these others making such claims. But its still dirty pool. And we shouldn't be spreading the rumor (exactly what this thread is doing). As far as the impact that OSRIC was to make. I suspect anyone willing to spend a year of their lives writing a 400 page book with editing and layout standards (and art) equaling or surpassing anything else on the market, that yes, they indeed hope to make more then a small impact. Given the revival I'd say they have. Those pushing the "1E compatible" are still going to need OSRIC regardless (as new players don't own the 1E books). Plus, they won't be able to use the OGL (so we get to see Troll 30 HPs, yippie! rather then a full description). Honestly, I think its ego at this point. They didn't write OSRIC so they won't use it. What should logically happen is that they all use OSRIC as a single platform. Print the book and sell it along side their modules and be done with it. Its a no-brainer (espl. considering the legal argument is history). </blockquote>

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