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<blockquote data-quote="Jacob Lewis" data-source="post: 7167825" data-attributes="member: 6667921">Why did we need one for d20/3rd Edition? The short answer is we don't. But what about everything that came about because of that? Pathfinder is the most obvious example, and I think a great many people are thankful for that. Hero Labs has officially licenses for both 3.5e and Pathfinder, which I think a great many people enjoy. And so many other companies have continued producing supplemental material and tools to continue their games long after the parent company has abandoned them. So while we don't need an open license for any of this, can you imagine what the last decade would have been like without one?Yes, I have a great big brain. Which means I understand that using a tool to spend less time and effort doing something that would take a lot more effort without one leaves more time and energy for other things. That is being efficient, not lazy or feebleminded. I don't need it (and yes, I have the offline ones that are buggy and difficult to modify using other people's hacks), but that doesn't mean I don't want it. And frankly, if WotC is done with 4th Edition, it seems to me that keeping others from making use of it with a similar OGL means they don't want to give anyone else a chance to do it better. And if any edition is in need of some cleaning up and making improvements, it is 4e.Jacob &quot;smiley face is your friend&quot; Lewis</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jacob Lewis, post: 7167825, member: 6667921"] Why did we need one for d20/3rd Edition? The short answer is we don't. But what about everything that came about because of that? Pathfinder is the most obvious example, and I think a great many people are thankful for that. Hero Labs has officially licenses for both 3.5e and Pathfinder, which I think a great many people enjoy. And so many other companies have continued producing supplemental material and tools to continue their games long after the parent company has abandoned them. So while we don't [I]need[/I] an open license for any of this, can you imagine what the last decade would have been like without one? Yes, I have a great big brain. Which means I understand that using a tool to spend less time and effort doing something that would take a lot more effort without one leaves more time and energy for other things. That is being efficient, not lazy or feebleminded. I don't need it (and yes, I have the offline ones that are buggy and difficult to modify using other people's hacks), but that doesn't mean I don't want it. And frankly, if WotC is done with 4th Edition, it seems to me that keeping others from making use of it with a similar OGL means they don't want to give anyone else a chance to do it better. And if any edition is in need of some cleaning up and making improvements, it is 4e. Jacob "smiley face is your friend" Lewis [/QUOTE]

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