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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5930363" data-attributes="member: 22779"><p>That's a bit different though. Printing out a character sheet and filling it out is not a "derivative material". The part you quote is about you taking the playtest document and making your own game (derivative material). Using something for the purpose for which it is created is not derivative.</p><p></p><p>At least, that's my understanding.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I agree with the frustration, but, let's be realistic as well. WOTC cannot afford to screw this up on the other side either. If they did what Paizo did and have a completely open playtest, everybody and their brother would be printing a "D&D The One After" within days of release.</p><p></p><p>Paizo could get away with it in 2008 because, at that time, who was Paizo? Some little d20 company that wanted to retread d20. And, since most of the mechanics were already OGL, they couldn't really do a whole lot about it. Sure, people could have make PathLooker, but, at the time, no one knew that it was going to be as successful as all that.</p><p></p><p>Go back to the early days of 3e and you'll see Sword and Sorcery Press smacking "Core Rulebook" on the cover of their d20 product. That was something that got nixed in a hurry. In today's environment, loopholes like that could be very damaging.</p><p></p><p>So, WOTC's kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place. They can't simply have no restrictions because that's suicidal from a business stance, but, any restriction they make will be viewed very critically, mostly because they have so little customer good will to burn.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 5930363, member: 22779"] That's a bit different though. Printing out a character sheet and filling it out is not a "derivative material". The part you quote is about you taking the playtest document and making your own game (derivative material). Using something for the purpose for which it is created is not derivative. At least, that's my understanding. I agree with the frustration, but, let's be realistic as well. WOTC cannot afford to screw this up on the other side either. If they did what Paizo did and have a completely open playtest, everybody and their brother would be printing a "D&D The One After" within days of release. Paizo could get away with it in 2008 because, at that time, who was Paizo? Some little d20 company that wanted to retread d20. And, since most of the mechanics were already OGL, they couldn't really do a whole lot about it. Sure, people could have make PathLooker, but, at the time, no one knew that it was going to be as successful as all that. Go back to the early days of 3e and you'll see Sword and Sorcery Press smacking "Core Rulebook" on the cover of their d20 product. That was something that got nixed in a hurry. In today's environment, loopholes like that could be very damaging. So, WOTC's kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place. They can't simply have no restrictions because that's suicidal from a business stance, but, any restriction they make will be viewed very critically, mostly because they have so little customer good will to burn. [/QUOTE]
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