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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 1493050" data-attributes="member: 2732">It's not pretending--it's called "having a conscience".  It's called considering the effect my actions have on others, regardless of whether it is in the bounds of ethical or legal behavior.  I think it is immoral to be an exploitive jerk, and all the debate anybody tells me won't change that thought.I think there are good uses and bad uses of OGL out there.  Each one I judge based on how exploitive it is.  To me, If it feels like you are doing something wrong, it probably is wrong.  That's how everybody should behave.And what is wrong with being more careful, going above and beyond the call of duty or the letter of the law in everything one does in his or her life, or holding one's self up to a more noble ideal.  What is wrong with that?We are debating for this purpose.Some of us feel that the creation of an SRD for Unearthed Arcana for free on the Internet violates a trust.  We discourage people from doing that, and debate why.  And we realize our actions have consequences, and the activities of a few may discourage the good elements of OGL.And before anybody thinks I am attacking anybody, I am attacking the attitude, not an individual.  I have not attacked others, but I see people ready to jump on both myself and Andy Collins for daring to speak out about this, questioning our motives.  I can't help it if some of the things we say make people feel guilty about their actions.</blockquote>

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