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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 6489338" data-attributes="member: 10479">I think they've missed the boat at this point for the OGL to have any significant impact on WotC sales or market growth.  It's like the joke about the guy on his roof waiting for God to save him from a flood and God explaining he sent a weather report, and an evacuation warning, and a rescue team.When WotC saw what happened during the 4E / PF market split, they should have OGLed the Essentials.  When they watched what happened with the remaining time on 4E, they should have announced the return of the OGL during the playtest and allowed for some OGC solutions to playtesting problems.  When they saw the continued growth of the PF player network and how entrenched Paizo now is, they should have had the OGL third party roll out alongside the 5E roll out.No matter if they announce the OGL today, tomorrow, or never for 5E, WotC won't see much help from such an initiative.  It would put a few coins in the coffers of small 3PPS and maybe a couple bigger ones, but whoever it is inside WotC who doesn't want the OGL to ever happen has effectively made sure that any use of the OGL with 5E won't result in numbers that anyone inside WotC who wanted the OGL could point to as proof of its value.  The folks inside who are against the OGL have simply delayed it this long to ensure they won't lose the battle and, in the process, made sure no one else could really win.</blockquote>