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<blockquote data-quote="Jawsh" data-source="post: 5775599" data-attributes="member: 17061"><p>First, I don't think it was intended for Core Rulebooks to be allowed. They tried disallowing "rules for character advancement" among some other key tropes required for a set of core rules, if I recall correctly. </p><p></p><p>Second though, I will always stand by full openness as the right way to go. Even alternate core rulebooks will always lead back to support for the WotC core. It's 100% benefit for WotC, and at no cost of production, no risk of making a flop. The only cash WotC puts out is what they paid their legal team to draft the initial OGL. </p><p></p><p>There is a very small chance, but a real one, that some random start-up will create a core rulebook that fans receive better than WotC. Yes, WotC will look kind of dumb in not having thought of it. But it's still no skin off their back. They don't need to respond. However, with the OGL in place, they could easily respond. It would be easy for WotC to compete with that new startup in whatever new gaming space was created. </p><p></p><p>In short, the OGL is nothing but win for WotC, by any measure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jawsh, post: 5775599, member: 17061"] First, I don't think it was intended for Core Rulebooks to be allowed. They tried disallowing "rules for character advancement" among some other key tropes required for a set of core rules, if I recall correctly. Second though, I will always stand by full openness as the right way to go. Even alternate core rulebooks will always lead back to support for the WotC core. It's 100% benefit for WotC, and at no cost of production, no risk of making a flop. The only cash WotC puts out is what they paid their legal team to draft the initial OGL. There is a very small chance, but a real one, that some random start-up will create a core rulebook that fans receive better than WotC. Yes, WotC will look kind of dumb in not having thought of it. But it's still no skin off their back. They don't need to respond. However, with the OGL in place, they could easily respond. It would be easy for WotC to compete with that new startup in whatever new gaming space was created. In short, the OGL is nothing but win for WotC, by any measure. [/QUOTE]
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