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<blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 3983337" data-attributes="member: 10913">First of all, it is cool. WotC spent a lot of time and effort into developing a great game and allows people to easily and freely legally access it (rather than illegally) and build on it - that's just cool.Secondly, the idea was that having the rules free and easily available for modification - from the creation of the hypertext SRD to widely varied systems such as True20 - helped WotC sales at the end by increasing the people playing and creatively working on material compatible with their products. I do believe that this is correct, that the SRD/OGL helped WotC more than a closed license - like the new STL - ever would have. But without hard data, this is a matter of opinion of course.Won't happen. I very much doubt anything but a massive transfer of folks into a &quot;Like 4e, Only Open&quot; system or staying with 3e because it is open will scratch Wizard's attention, and I don't see any of those happening despite what a few loud internet folks say.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yair, post: 3983337, member: 10913"] First of all, it is cool. WotC spent a lot of time and effort into developing a great game and allows people to easily and freely legally access it (rather than illegally) and build on it - that's just cool. Secondly, the idea was that having the rules free and easily available for modification - from the creation of the hypertext SRD to widely varied systems such as True20 - helped WotC sales at the end by increasing the people playing and creatively working on material compatible with their products. I do believe that this is correct, that the SRD/OGL helped WotC more than a closed license - like the new STL - ever would have. But without hard data, this is a matter of opinion of course. Won't happen. I very much doubt anything but a massive transfer of folks into a "Like 4e, Only Open" system or staying with 3e because it is open will scratch Wizard's attention, and I don't see any of those happening despite what a few loud internet folks say. [/QUOTE]

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