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<blockquote data-quote="Lonely Tylenol" data-source="post: 1488191" data-attributes="member: 18549">Hey Cergorach, that looks really good.&nbsp; Do you distribute that 3.5 SRD?&nbsp; Because it's a hell of a lot nicer than the rtf version.&nbsp; If you do distribute it, is there a website?&nbsp; I look forward to seeing your Unearthed Arcana SRD as well.I agree with everyone who disagrees with Andy Collins.&nbsp; If Mr. Collins didn't want SRDs to be written and people to use OGC in their products, why did they make it OGC?&nbsp; Was it just a marketing experiment?&nbsp; They seem to be saying now, &quot;well, we made it OGC to make more people buy it, but we don't want it to be OGC anymore, so if you use it, we'll say nasty things about you.&quot;Using this material is perfectly legal, and by the &quot;spirit&quot; of the OGL, we are encouraged to use it.&nbsp; That's what the OGL is there for in the first place.&nbsp; It was designed to encourage 3rd party publishers to reproduce the OGC information in their own publications in order to increase the number of OGL products available so that there is no shortage of support for the game.&nbsp; Because of this, making something OGC is essentially inviting others to use and republish it.If Wizards doesn't understand this by now, they really ought to get a clue.An Unearthed Arcana SRD will make it easier for publishers to use UA OGC in their products, something which they are already allowed to do.&nbsp; It will make it easier for me to use the few things from the book that I want to use, since my current option is to borrow a copy of the book from someone and copy out the relevent sections.&nbsp; Which I am entitled to do, by virtue of it being OGC.&nbsp; The issue is one purely of convenience, and nothing else, since the &quot;spirit&quot; of the rules is that if it's OGC, the invitation is open to use and redistribute the material.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lonely Tylenol, post: 1488191, member: 18549"] Hey Cergorach, that looks really good. Do you distribute that 3.5 SRD? Because it's a hell of a lot nicer than the rtf version. If you do distribute it, is there a website? I look forward to seeing your Unearthed Arcana SRD as well. I agree with everyone who disagrees with Andy Collins. If Mr. Collins didn't want SRDs to be written and people to use OGC in their products, why did they make it OGC? Was it just a marketing experiment? They seem to be saying now, "well, we made it OGC to make more people buy it, but we don't want it to be OGC anymore, so if you use it, we'll say nasty things about you." Using this material is perfectly legal, and by the "spirit" of the OGL, we are encouraged to use it. That's what the OGL is there for in the first place. It was designed to encourage 3rd party publishers to reproduce the OGC information in their own publications in order to increase the number of OGL products available so that there is no shortage of support for the game. Because of this, making something OGC is essentially inviting others to use and republish it. If Wizards doesn't understand this by now, they really ought to get a clue. An Unearthed Arcana SRD will make it easier for publishers to use UA OGC in their products, something which they are already allowed to do. It will make it easier for me to use the few things from the book that I want to use, since my current option is to borrow a copy of the book from someone and copy out the relevent sections. Which I am entitled to do, by virtue of it being OGC. The issue is one purely of convenience, and nothing else, since the "spirit" of the rules is that if it's OGC, the invitation is open to use and redistribute the material. [/QUOTE]

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