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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Goobermunch" data-source="post: 3941943" data-attributes="member: 10516">You know, given that most of the smaller d20 houses have gone under, WotC may be delaying on the SRD/rules on the advice of counsel.When 3.0 came out, they could get away with being a little laid back about putting out the rules early (via the Gentleman's Agreement).  When 3.5 came out, major players were established, but there were tons of low value (economically speaking) houses out there too.Right now, you've got a handful of relatively large players who have established businesses.Be a real shame to get them started on products (or let them get close to finishing) only to announce that the release is being moved back two months.See, the problem there is that WotC then could be found to be liable for the delay of the other houses' sales.  That could include things like housing the unsold merch for two months, paying the lost revenue of those companies for two months, or inadvertently causing the collapse of a friendly publisher and the layoffs of its staff.That's not good for business.  It's not good for Necromancer, Paizo, Goodman and the others.  It's not good for WotC.I'm not necessarily saying that that's where things are, but they could be taking the advice of their attorneys and holding off until they're more certain they can hit their deadlines.--G</blockquote>