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<blockquote data-quote="kigmatzomat" data-source="post: 1826272" data-attributes="member: 9254">Sigh.&nbsp; I'm probably being pedantic but I can't help it. No one deserves anything.&nbsp; At all.&nbsp; People should be rewarded for their work by most definitions of &quot;fair&quot; or &quot;just.&quot;In a perfect world people would always be rewarded equitably.&nbsp; Our world is not perfect.&nbsp; Most of the &quot;free&quot; world's legal systems try to make the world just and fair as best they can, acknowledging the fact that not all people play fair or believe in the same definition of justice.&nbsp;&nbsp; Failure to accept this is to invite tragedy.&nbsp; Not all people are bad.&nbsp; Most people would rather things be fair and just.&nbsp; But there's always a few.&nbsp; I will again say that people of delicate mien; fiscal or emotional; should avoid&nbsp; the OGL.&nbsp; Someone will lift your entire catalogue.&nbsp; Other people will download it.&nbsp; Few of those people will have the slightest guilt about it because when you OGC'd the work you said &quot;here, take it and use it as you will.&quot;&nbsp; So they're taking and using.&nbsp; They won't know that they could buy it for $2 so you can eat ramen another week, they won't know if they don't that you'll go back to retail work and stop writing PDFs.&nbsp; &nbsp; They won't know.&nbsp; Some might care if they knew.&nbsp; A lot won't.&nbsp; Distributing the SRD electronically doesn't hurt WotC, SRDs of OGC works do hurt cottage PDF industries.&nbsp; WotC is/was a multi-million dollar company.&nbsp; Home PDF writers aren't.&nbsp; So if what doesn't hurt WotC does hurt you, why is it implicit that what works for WotC will work for you?&nbsp; OGC works for WotC because the losses of PHB/DMG sales to SRDs are less than the pasting TSR took selling modules. To them it's a step up to only lose 1% instead of 2% gross revenues.&nbsp; Will releasing completely OGC products offset any other losses?&nbsp; No?&nbsp; Are you willing to accept the inevitable losses that will occur when your works are turned into an SRD?&nbsp; Any complaints past this point will result in the same sigh and shake of the head my mother gave my brother when he touched the glowing stove element after he'd been told it would hurt him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kigmatzomat, post: 1826272, member: 9254"] Sigh. I'm probably being pedantic but I can't help it. No one [i]deserves[/i] anything. At all. People [i]should[/i] be rewarded for their work by most definitions of "fair" or "just." In a [i]perfect[/i] world people would always be rewarded equitably. Our world is not perfect. Most of the "free" world's legal systems try to make the world just and fair as best they can, acknowledging the fact that not all people play fair or believe in the same definition of justice. Failure to accept this is to invite tragedy. Not all people are bad. Most people would rather things be fair and just. But there's always a few. I will again say that people of delicate mien; fiscal or emotional; should avoid the OGL. Someone will lift your entire catalogue. Other people will download it. Few of those people will have the slightest guilt about it because when you OGC'd the work you said "here, take it and use it as you will." So they're taking and using. They won't know that they could buy it for $2 so you can eat ramen another week, they won't know if they don't that you'll go back to retail work and stop writing PDFs. They won't know. Some might care if they knew. A lot won't. Distributing the SRD electronically doesn't hurt WotC, SRDs of OGC works do hurt cottage PDF industries. WotC is/was a multi-million dollar company. Home PDF writers aren't. So if what doesn't hurt WotC does hurt you, why is it implicit that what works for WotC will work for you? OGC works for WotC because the losses of PHB/DMG sales to SRDs are less than the pasting TSR took selling modules. To them it's a step up to only lose 1% instead of 2% gross revenues. Will releasing completely OGC products offset any other losses? No? Are you willing to accept the inevitable losses that will occur when your works are turned into an SRD? Any complaints past this point will result in the same sigh and shake of the head my mother gave my brother when he touched the glowing stove element after he'd been told it would hurt him. [/QUOTE]

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