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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1494792" data-attributes="member: 812">I think part of the problem might be with the idea of "adding value". Everyone has a different idea as to what adds value to a product.Let's take a concrete example: me.I have created an online Modern SRD. I took WotC's OGC, prettied it up, added massive amounts of hyperlinking and made it available to the world. For free.From one point of view, I understand why someone might sayI just copied the material and posted it online (let's ignore for the moment that it already was online) without adding any value -- after all, I didn't create any NEW OGC, nor did I add any closed content either. I just took the OGC and reposted it, making it easier for people to get at.But from another point of view, I think it's clear that someone might think I added HUGE amounts of value -- simply by making it more accessible. By providing the navigation and hyperlinking that I did. I certainly put very large amounts of work into it.Did I add value or not? Well, that depends on your definition of adding value. But if you decide whether or not this sort of thing is good or bad depending on whether or not value was added in the process, I would sure appreciate a clear definition of what value is and how it gets added.I am opposed vehemently to theft. I don't download pirated music, I don't use pirated software and I don't download pirated PDFs. I don't share PDFs I've purchased. I don't photocopy books.I DO post OGC on websites, however. Using the license that allows me to do just that.I don't see a "slippery slope" here -- to my mind the OGL exists to remove that problem. On this side of the license, you are a Good Person. On the other side, you are an Evil Person. No slope, no subjective judgements, no need for moral quandaries. That's why the license is there. To tell us what is or is not acceptable conduct. I have to admit I'm surprised other people don't see it that way.</blockquote>

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