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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1825703" data-attributes="member: 9254">As a gamer I like the OGC for the following reasons:1. It lets me post stuff to my game's website without fear of attack lawyers2. Out of print only means until someone gets a copy near a scanner3. Derivative works aboundReally only #1 and #3 have been factors so far but I expect #2 to keep a lot of material still in play long after the company's collapse.  As a publisher the OGC provides you the following:1.  A vocal fan-base (they have websites and stuff)2.  A larger pool of potential developers (you can peruse their websites to find good stuff)3.  Ideas.  I dunno how many developers do this, but if you release a setting OGC then any works by fans in that setting continue to be OGC so you can pull them back into the main line.4.  Advertising.  OGL is a popular buzzword.  Being OGL means you get some fans looking at your stuff because you "get it."To decide your OGC release you need to see where the two desires intersect.  Many publishers do well with only limited OGC release.  Most of them are print publishers who have less to fear full OGC release than PDF writers because print is a value-added service.  PDF publishers have more to fear from OGC because these days anyone can download ghost-script and CutePDF to make a PDF file and both will print out equally well.  As a gamer, it is in my best interest to have as many resources available.  An OGC product is a finite work but an author is semi-infinite because they keep producing more products.  I want Phil, Vigilance, and yes, even Hong <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> around and releasing works.  The community is better off for having three authors releasing a fraction of their stuff OGC than having three bitter people working in other markets.  I'll live and probably be content if most works aren't entirely OGC.  I'll be far less happy should I no longer have a plentiful supply of fresh supplements.</blockquote>

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