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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 195425" data-attributes="member: 924">Well, most the products I have are old (since I'm broke and have to buy used stuff most of the time <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":-p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :-p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":-p" />). And I left out the companies who originally did it incorrectly, but fixed the problems in later product. But some companies are still screwing it up (it's sort of a running joke on the d20 OGL list)For instance, Green Ronin - their Freeport book just came out this month. Or Dead from Above from Pinnacle. That's 2-3 months old, and is a regression from them doing it correctly.Sure, you might say it's their business, but it's also the business of anyone that wants to use their open content. And that's more than you'd think.WOTC is moving towards a policy of no fan pages, only d20/OGL web pages. They're moving quietly, but they are moving there. So it could affect everyone with a d20 fan page. And it affects people with d20 fan pages, since they do have to use the OGL if they want to use OGL content.&nbsp; Like say adapting classes from Fading Suns d20 to Dragonstar d20.&nbsp; And then there are people who write character generators or software. Or are publishing stuff as PDFs. Or are entering adventure contests.&nbsp; They all need the correct info to use open material. If a company isn't updating their products correctly, the user has to guess. And that can cause legal trouble.Anyway, I don't think it's a conspiracy.&nbsp; I mean, is any RPG company actually mean or cut-throat? Other than Palladium, no. Even Hasbro is extremely nice for the most part. I think people are just a bit careless or lazy, and because WOTC/Hasbro has never really said much (largely because they are too busy, I imagine, especially now after all the layoffs).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 195425, member: 924"] Well, most the products I have are old (since I'm broke and have to buy used stuff most of the time :-p). And I left out the companies who originally did it incorrectly, but fixed the problems in later product. But some companies are still screwing it up (it's sort of a running joke on the d20 OGL list) For instance, Green Ronin - their Freeport book just came out this month. Or Dead from Above from Pinnacle. That's 2-3 months old, and is a regression from them doing it correctly. Sure, you might say it's their business, but it's also the business of anyone that wants to use their open content. And that's more than you'd think. WOTC is moving towards a policy of no fan pages, only d20/OGL web pages. They're moving quietly, but they are moving there. So it could affect everyone with a d20 fan page. And it affects people with d20 fan pages, since they do have to use the OGL if they want to use OGL content. Like say adapting classes from Fading Suns d20 to Dragonstar d20. And then there are people who write character generators or software. Or are publishing stuff as PDFs. Or are entering adventure contests. They all need the correct info to use open material. If a company isn't updating their products correctly, the user has to guess. And that can cause legal trouble. Anyway, I don't think it's a conspiracy. I mean, is any RPG company actually mean or cut-throat? Other than Palladium, no. Even Hasbro is extremely nice for the most part. I think people are just a bit careless or lazy, and because WOTC/Hasbro has never really said much (largely because they are too busy, I imagine, especially now after all the layoffs). [/QUOTE]

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