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<blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1493709" data-attributes="member: 812"><p>"Have to" is rather strong language. The only case in which you would "have to" choose is one in which 4E is demonstrably better in objective ways than 3E.</p><p></p><p>And for that, I direct you to the ongoing thread discussing the virtues and flaws of the HERO system currently raging a few threads below this one. I present that as evidence that such comparisions are inevitably subjective and thus no one can reasonably claim to be forced to choose one system or another.</p><p></p><p>That the legal system is problematic, especially in the United States, I would not argue. We don't have the same kind of problem here in Canada because our legal system doesn't make that behaviour worthwhile.</p><p></p><p>Don't blame the lawyers, though. Blame the politicians who create bad laws.</p><p></p><p>Yeah, pretty hard to come up with "evidence" to support the notion that something is "mean". Also pretty hard to justify that other people shouldn't do something just because you think it's mean. People shouldn't murder each other not because it's mean, but because a society where people can murder each other is unsafe.</p><p></p><p>Then perhaps they shouldn't use a license that says it's okay to republish their work. If they think it's mean for people to do that, then I guess they should be prepared to have their feelings hurt if they tell people it's okay for them to do that.</p><p></p><p>I've said as much. If publishing OGC turns out to be a bad business model, publishers will stop doing it. I don't see how this is bad for the industry. On the contrary, this is good for the industry. Publishers continuing to publish OGC even though they lose money at it is bad for the industry because then they'll run out of money and won't be able to publish anything, open or closed.</p><p></p><p>Publishers making money is a healthy industry. What does it matter if they're making money publishing open or closed content?</p><p></p><p>If WotC never publishes another word of OGC, how does that hurt the d20 world? I agree that every word of OGC they publish helps because it becomes part of the open content fund that all publishers can dip into to create their own products. It does not follow that no future content will hurt -- just that things won't get any better than they already are. And with the D&D SRD and the Modern SRD released, things are pretty good.</p><p></p><p>We (those publishers commited to the OGL) can take it from here, thanks.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barsoomcore, post: 1493709, member: 812"] "Have to" is rather strong language. The only case in which you would "have to" choose is one in which 4E is demonstrably better in objective ways than 3E. And for that, I direct you to the ongoing thread discussing the virtues and flaws of the HERO system currently raging a few threads below this one. I present that as evidence that such comparisions are inevitably subjective and thus no one can reasonably claim to be forced to choose one system or another. That the legal system is problematic, especially in the United States, I would not argue. We don't have the same kind of problem here in Canada because our legal system doesn't make that behaviour worthwhile. Don't blame the lawyers, though. Blame the politicians who create bad laws. Yeah, pretty hard to come up with "evidence" to support the notion that something is "mean". Also pretty hard to justify that other people shouldn't do something just because you think it's mean. People shouldn't murder each other not because it's mean, but because a society where people can murder each other is unsafe. Then perhaps they shouldn't use a license that says it's okay to republish their work. If they think it's mean for people to do that, then I guess they should be prepared to have their feelings hurt if they tell people it's okay for them to do that. I've said as much. If publishing OGC turns out to be a bad business model, publishers will stop doing it. I don't see how this is bad for the industry. On the contrary, this is good for the industry. Publishers continuing to publish OGC even though they lose money at it is bad for the industry because then they'll run out of money and won't be able to publish anything, open or closed. Publishers making money is a healthy industry. What does it matter if they're making money publishing open or closed content? If WotC never publishes another word of OGC, how does that hurt the d20 world? I agree that every word of OGC they publish helps because it becomes part of the open content fund that all publishers can dip into to create their own products. It does not follow that no future content will hurt -- just that things won't get any better than they already are. And with the D&D SRD and the Modern SRD released, things are pretty good. We (those publishers commited to the OGL) can take it from here, thanks. [/QUOTE]
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