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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5786567" data-attributes="member: 22779">Look, I have no idea if things like the SRD had any net effect.  I don't.  But I bet that WOTC does.The thing is, sure, it's great when the Hypertext SRD helps to sell a PHB.  But, at the end of the day, those two products aren't really in competition, at least not directly.  They do complement each other nicely.However, the SRD does directly compete with the Compendium.  Or, rather they would if 4e were open.  It takes a HELL of a good product to compete with free.Again, I have no idea.  Maybe it wouldn't be an issue at all.  But, considering the reactions of publishers to other effects of OGL, I would think that its an issue.  Look at Green Ronin's reaction to a Hypertext SRD of their open content to see that it's hardly WOTC alone who is concerned.It's funny.  Back before 4e, anytime someone suggested a wiki of Open content, numerous publishers would show up and call everyone a bunch of thieves who just want to rip them off.  Now, those same publishers are being hailed as the vanguard in the Open movement.  You get away with it now because no one is publishing 3e stuff particularly anymore and I imagine sales of 3.x material is pretty much done.But roll back to about 2005 and watch reactions to the idea that anyone else's content, other than WOTC's should be made available.Again, I'll ask the question.  Does anyone think that 5e sales for WOTC (and, as the IP holder's their sales are the only ones that count here) would be driven to the tune of half a million dollars a month simply by making 5e an OGL system?Because that, right there, is the bottom line.</blockquote>

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