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Message: <blockquote data-quote="w_earle_wheeler" data-source="post: 5430741" data-attributes="member: 35955">As much as I'd like to see WotC offer their older edition products again, that would pretty much be "fragmenting the game." I think WotC could benefit from creating official source documents for 0D&D, AD&D 1e, AD&D 2e, D&D 3e (yes, just like the original SRD) and "expansion" source documents for the .5's of each of these editions. Of course, the time and manpower required to do this would be pretty big -- except that it's already been done by fans! There's not much to stop WotC from "copying back" the rules from Labyrinth Lord and OSRIC, for example, since these products use stuff derived from the materials WotC made open to begin with.Then WotC can license out 0D&D/0.5D&D, AD&D 1e/1.5e, etc. They could sell each license to a different company if they wanted to. Put in a few restictions along with a few cookies -- for example, the rights to "officially" publish 0D&D materials lets you call it D&D but it has to be called D&D 1974 and include the tagline "compatible with WotC D&D 1974 .pdfs!" or something much sexier.Anyway, my idea for that is already far too unlikely, so I'll refrain from expanding on it further. That way lies madness. Imaginary madness.</blockquote>