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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7842946" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>Considering D&D is probably in its best time, of all time, this means even less than what you've written before.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm pretty sure this is not accurate at all (and I think Lowkey made a full post criticizing someone extensively for making an argument that game rules are not copyrightable).</p><p></p><p>The reason the OGL exists is not because Wizards can't copyright its rules (they completely can, and do; the OGL is in fact a public copyright license by choice).</p><p></p><p>I believe (and this is an opinion) the OGL exists for two reasons. One, so Wizards can differentiate between game systems into groups that are building off their own rules, and groups that are developing their own. And two, to more easily build a robust set of game material for players to use, especially necessary as Wizards began with a slow-drip system of new releases.</p><p></p><p>Here's an example; Google Android is an open source operating system, meaning any phone company can make a phone using Google's operating system. For it to work however, you need to use Google OS to function, creating a bigger user base for that operating system and making more people "rely" on Google's OS and less likely to switch to Apple's OS or something else.</p><p></p><p>Google still absolutely owns copyright over its technology; sharing it selectively doesn't mean copyright is weakened, its a business strategy to build a user base beyond who you directly sell to.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 7842946, member: 7015558"] Considering D&D is probably in its best time, of all time, this means even less than what you've written before. I'm pretty sure this is not accurate at all (and I think Lowkey made a full post criticizing someone extensively for making an argument that game rules are not copyrightable). The reason the OGL exists is not because Wizards can't copyright its rules (they completely can, and do; the OGL is in fact a public copyright license by choice). I believe (and this is an opinion) the OGL exists for two reasons. One, so Wizards can differentiate between game systems into groups that are building off their own rules, and groups that are developing their own. And two, to more easily build a robust set of game material for players to use, especially necessary as Wizards began with a slow-drip system of new releases. Here's an example; Google Android is an open source operating system, meaning any phone company can make a phone using Google's operating system. For it to work however, you need to use Google OS to function, creating a bigger user base for that operating system and making more people "rely" on Google's OS and less likely to switch to Apple's OS or something else. Google still absolutely owns copyright over its technology; sharing it selectively doesn't mean copyright is weakened, its a business strategy to build a user base beyond who you directly sell to. [/QUOTE]
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