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<blockquote data-quote="kingpaul" data-source="post: 3389595" data-attributes="member: 1477">PCGen was working on this assumption, yes.Wrong. PCGen and WotC talked at GenCon '02 to discuss our assumption that we were operating under fair use. WotC informed us that we were infringing upon their IP. CMP was born later that year, and was granted the license in early '03.You didn't have to own the book, that was never a requirement. And the prices ranged from ~$2-~$7/set, depending upon the complexity of the book in question. This was you paying someone else to do the dataset for you.It wasn't $100 for each dataset. The bundles got that expensive, but that was multiple datasets at a discount.And the business is still going, but limping.Their license expired and was not renewed. CMP is still in existence.Not true. PCGen comes bundled with numerous datasets, and that # goes up. And there's nothing stopping someone from doing what they need for their own use.I disagree, but YMMV.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kingpaul, post: 3389595, member: 1477"] PCGen was working on this assumption, yes. Wrong. PCGen and WotC talked at GenCon '02 to discuss our assumption that we were operating under fair use. WotC informed us that we were infringing upon their IP. CMP was born later that year, and was granted the license in early '03. You didn't have to own the book, that was never a requirement. And the prices ranged from ~$2-~$7/set, depending upon the complexity of the book in question. This was you paying someone else to do the dataset for you. It wasn't $100 for each dataset. The bundles got that expensive, but that was multiple datasets at a discount. And the business is still going, but limping. Their license expired and was not renewed. CMP is still in existence. Not true. PCGen comes bundled with numerous datasets, and that # goes up. And there's nothing stopping someone from doing what they need for their own use. I disagree, but YMMV. [/QUOTE]

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