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<blockquote data-quote="Psion" data-source="post: 104456" data-attributes="member: 172">This is important in understanding what I am talking about. And actually, I am somewhat astonished that there is someone working at a high profile d20 publisher that isn't aware of it.The SRD = the system reference document, the body of work that WotC has released (or is going to release) as open game content.Of course not. You are a publisher, not a consumer. However, being a publisher, you should take into account the concerns of consumers.Okay, but can that possibly be matched by several publishers collectively working from the same concepts and strengthening the whole? I don't think so.And is stating this, you betray your lack of knowledge about the SRD and WotC in general.1) WotC has gone on record as saying that they will continue adding content from existing products to the SRD, and2) WotC has gone on record that many of the releases that they put out this year will come with Open Game Content as is.So in short, WotC is doing much more to add to the collective body of open work.And as shown above, there is a reason for that. The main difference in our viewpoints is that1) I realize that WotC is continuing to add to the body of open content, whereas Kenzer &amp; Co. is not.2) Given that unlike WotC, Kenzer is not cotributing anything to open content, I find its &quot;official&quot; designation as a meaningless one from a consumer standpoint. It status nets me less in a product that an unofficial one. I think Mr. Kenzer is pinning his hopes (and way too much of a licensing fee) on the official stamp. We could be having the same product as a d20 system product for much less.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psion, post: 104456, member: 172"] This is [i][b]important[/b][/i][b][/b] in understanding what I am talking about. And actually, I am somewhat astonished that there is someone working at a high profile d20 publisher that isn't aware of it. The SRD = the system reference document, the body of work that WotC has released (or is going to release) as open game content. Of course not. You are a publisher, not a consumer. However, being a publisher, you should take into account the concerns of consumers. Okay, but can that possibly be matched by several publishers collectively working from the same concepts and strengthening the whole? I don't think so. And is stating this, you betray your lack of knowledge about the SRD and WotC in general. 1) WotC has gone on record as saying that they will continue adding content from existing products to the SRD, and 2) WotC has gone on record that many of the releases that they put out this year will come with Open Game Content as is. So in short, WotC is doing much more to add to the collective body of open work. And as shown above, there is a reason for that. The main difference in our viewpoints is that 1) I realize that WotC is continuing to add to the body of open content, whereas Kenzer & Co. is not. 2) Given that unlike WotC, Kenzer is not cotributing anything to open content, I find its "official" designation as a meaningless one from a consumer standpoint. It status nets me less in a product that an unofficial one. I think Mr. Kenzer is pinning his hopes (and way too much of a licensing fee) on the official stamp. We could be having the same product as a d20 system product for much less. [/QUOTE]

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