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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5791166" data-attributes="member: 22779">MarkCMG - yes, you are correct.&nbsp; I am using d20 OGL incorrectly.&nbsp; I was simply differentiating between the OGL and various other open gaming licenses that exist for other games and, additionally, the 4e GSL.&nbsp; I didn't think it would cause too much confusion since the d20 STL has been defunct for a number of years now.From my point of view, it looks like this:Step 1.&nbsp; Make 5e OGLStep 2. _________Step 3.&nbsp; PROFIT!!And, other than vague assurances that the OGL will somehow drive sales for WOTC, no one seems to have any real idea on how Step 2 will look.&nbsp; It gets even worse when people try to paint this as a moral issue.&nbsp; This is a business issue plain and simple.&nbsp; No business EVER has a moral obligation to give away it's IP for free.&nbsp; And the fact that the OGL crowd has a tendency to paint the issue in moral terms (not everyone, but, it is an argument I've seen before) does not help their cause in the slightest.One place I suppose you could look though to see what effect things like the Hypertext SRD had an effect would be on the releases of the Epic Level Handbook and the Unearthed Arcana (3e).&nbsp; Compare sales of those books to other, similar rules splats from around the same time.&nbsp; Now, none of us have these numbers, I realize that, but, I'm sure that that could be a pretty solid point of argument one way or the other.&nbsp; If sales were similar or less for those two books, then it's a pretty big strike against an OGL offering.&nbsp; If sales were higher, then it's perhaps a good idea to give the OGL a second look.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5791166, member: 22779"] MarkCMG - yes, you are correct. I am using d20 OGL incorrectly. I was simply differentiating between the OGL and various other open gaming licenses that exist for other games and, additionally, the 4e GSL. I didn't think it would cause too much confusion since the d20 STL has been defunct for a number of years now. From my point of view, it looks like this: Step 1. Make 5e OGL Step 2. _________ Step 3. PROFIT!! And, other than vague assurances that the OGL will somehow drive sales for WOTC, no one seems to have any real idea on how Step 2 will look. It gets even worse when people try to paint this as a moral issue. This is a business issue plain and simple. No business EVER has a moral obligation to give away it's IP for free. And the fact that the OGL crowd has a tendency to paint the issue in moral terms (not everyone, but, it is an argument I've seen before) does not help their cause in the slightest. One place I suppose you could look though to see what effect things like the Hypertext SRD had an effect would be on the releases of the Epic Level Handbook and the Unearthed Arcana (3e). Compare sales of those books to other, similar rules splats from around the same time. Now, none of us have these numbers, I realize that, but, I'm sure that that could be a pretty solid point of argument one way or the other. If sales were similar or less for those two books, then it's a pretty big strike against an OGL offering. If sales were higher, then it's perhaps a good idea to give the OGL a second look. [/QUOTE]

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