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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rothe" data-source="post: 2955754" data-attributes="member: 39813">Current market? Don't think they have one, but the two other concerns: fragmentation the market and future re-releases don't rely on a current market to raise concerns at WotC.  By fragment the market I mean that if there is only one choice of a commercialy supported D&D rule set then WotC benefits.  If people have a choice of a live commercially suppported 1e AD&D rule set then that could cause a division of dollars (or the fear of such) between 1e and the latest version.  This is the last thing you might want if you are going to launch a new edition, especially if you change the rules.  On re-release, I have no idea if WotC will ever re-release or re-support the older editions, but having a competitor SRD for such in existence might be considered undesirable.It is all about corporate perception and conservative business strategy.In the realm of intellectual property rights, competition law etc. (especially outside the realm of trademark, copyrights and US) is not something I want to get into over a message board either.  Not trying to make a case for or against WotC, just responding to your comment that you didn't see any reason they would object.</blockquote>