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<blockquote data-quote="Nikchick" data-source="post: 4043676" data-attributes="member: 344"><p>Lizard, please allow me to explain why I do not see these two things as equivalent. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WotC produced the material which THEY released THEMSELVES. Releasing the information in <em>their</em> SRD was their choice. One might even say it was an integral part of their business plan!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Green Ronin used WotC's SRD as the starting point for a new game which we only released after putting in a great deal of work to modify, adapt, and expand upon so we could offer something new.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">GR has historically been one of the publishers with the most liberal open content designations, from our very first product. We are happy for eager devlopers to use our content in the way we did, as a jumping off point to design new products. Releasing an SRD for our open content was not part of a business plan.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unlike the case with the WotC SRD, which they released themselves as part of their plan, the True SRD was released by a third party. It took the content of a product that Green Ronin was releasing for sale and offered it for free on the internet.<br /> </li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>To be clear, Green Ronin has never tried to impede the use of our OGC and correct use of the Open Game License. We have never interfered with the True SRD project or claimed that it is not legal under the OGL. Only when <em>asked</em> did we ever even express an opinion about the proposed project and that was over two and a half years ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nikchick, post: 4043676, member: 344"] Lizard, please allow me to explain why I do not see these two things as equivalent. [list] [*]WotC produced the material which THEY released THEMSELVES. Releasing the information in [I]their[/I] SRD was their choice. One might even say it was an integral part of their business plan! [*]Green Ronin used WotC's SRD as the starting point for a new game which we only released after putting in a great deal of work to modify, adapt, and expand upon so we could offer something new. [*]GR has historically been one of the publishers with the most liberal open content designations, from our very first product. We are happy for eager devlopers to use our content in the way we did, as a jumping off point to design new products. Releasing an SRD for our open content was not part of a business plan. [*]Unlike the case with the WotC SRD, which they released themselves as part of their plan, the True SRD was released by a third party. It took the content of a product that Green Ronin was releasing for sale and offered it for free on the internet. [/list] To be clear, Green Ronin has never tried to impede the use of our OGC and correct use of the Open Game License. We have never interfered with the True SRD project or claimed that it is not legal under the OGL. Only when [i]asked[/i] did we ever even express an opinion about the proposed project and that was over two and a half years ago. [/QUOTE]
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