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<blockquote data-quote="GQuail" data-source="post: 2955587" data-attributes="member: 30709">Not wanting to go too off-topic, but: this is a common defence used by &quot;Abandonware&quot; projects of many varieties, but I don't think it has any legal basis.&nbsp; Certainly, I'm a fan of various computer consoles of differing age and despite the years of non-production and absence of any release, people still face legal challenges in trading old gbames.&nbsp; While the reuse of, say, an old Mario game on a new Nintendo console is more likely than a release of 1E Oriental Adventures, I'm pretty sure few courts will consider that a major influence.Still, I agree with most of your analysis: OSRIC is definatly playing the SRD ball, and for the most part I see no huge benefit in WotC getting involved.&nbsp; Many people who wish to continue old school gaming are either not giving Wizards money right now anyway, or will continue to do so because they enjoy the new products for whatever reason.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GQuail, post: 2955587, member: 30709"] Not wanting to go too off-topic, but: this is a common defence used by "Abandonware" projects of many varieties, but I don't think it has any legal basis. Certainly, I'm a fan of various computer consoles of differing age and despite the years of non-production and absence of any release, people still face legal challenges in trading old gbames. While the reuse of, say, an old Mario game on a new Nintendo console is more likely than a release of 1E Oriental Adventures, I'm pretty sure few courts will consider that a major influence. Still, I agree with most of your analysis: OSRIC is definatly playing the SRD ball, and for the most part I see no huge benefit in WotC getting involved. Many people who wish to continue old school gaming are either not giving Wizards money right now anyway, or will continue to do so because they enjoy the new products for whatever reason. [/QUOTE]

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