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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3690755" data-attributes="member: 307">It was a pretty common complaint when the OGL and d20 license were revealed. The theory was that WotC would hook a bunch of companies into putting material out and then somehow change the terms of the licenses and pull the rug out from under them. From there, various theories had them running competitors out of business, publishing books containing the now unlicensed material, or extorting huge fees for giving the compaines the right to publish material they had already prepared. It was a silly set of theories, but treated just as seriously as everyone is treating the whole Gleemax ToS thing. And they proved to be entirely groundless.The setting search was accused of similar stuff - one poster here famously stated that the potential for $120,000 was just not enough to give WotC a shot at his ideas. A lot of people said that WotC just wanted to get a pile of submissions so they could steal the ideas in them. Once again, this fear was entirely groundless.Really, the potential down side for WotC mining Gleemax for material is so much higher than the potential upside, that worrying about it seems downright paranoid. You might as well worry about bear attacks in downtown Chicago, because that seems just about as likely.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 3690755, member: 307"] It was a pretty common complaint when the OGL and d20 license were revealed. The theory was that WotC would hook a bunch of companies into putting material out and then somehow change the terms of the licenses and pull the rug out from under them. From there, various theories had them running competitors out of business, publishing books containing the now unlicensed material, or extorting huge fees for giving the compaines the right to publish material they had already prepared. It was a silly set of theories, but treated just as seriously as everyone is treating the whole Gleemax ToS thing. And they proved to be entirely groundless. The setting search was accused of similar stuff - one poster here famously stated that the potential for $120,000 was just not enough to give WotC a shot at his ideas. A lot of people said that WotC just wanted to get a pile of submissions so they could steal the ideas in them. Once again, this fear was entirely groundless. Really, the potential down side for WotC mining Gleemax for material is so much higher than the potential upside, that worrying about it seems downright paranoid. You might as well worry about bear attacks in downtown Chicago, because that seems just about as likely. [/QUOTE]

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