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<blockquote data-quote="Harlock" data-source="post: 1113565" data-attributes="member: 4545">Ah, yes, now I see your point.&nbsp; WotC, obviously, is doing this to block competition.&nbsp; I mean D&amp;D is their IP, it's their brand name, it's their game and they created a license to let other people create game material using their rules and make games material compatible with their system.&nbsp; Yes, they certainly are blocking competition for nearly any reason by doing that I tell ya.See above.&nbsp; Anti-competitive in what manner?&nbsp; By allowing gamers like you and me to actually write and publish gaming material for their game and sell it entirely on our own without even charging us to use their base rules or license?&nbsp; Unethical how?&nbsp; By putting out a license that has stated all along that the terms of that license could change at any time but still providing an OGL to allow you to do what you want with their base rule set (the SRD) without using the more guarded license?&nbsp; If anything the d20STL and OGL have opened numerous doors and I am willing to bet that most of the folks that are publishing books for D&amp;D under either license would agree.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Harlock, post: 1113565, member: 4545"] Ah, yes, now I see your point. WotC, obviously, is doing this to block competition. I mean D&D is their IP, it's their brand name, it's their game and they created a license to let other people create game material using their rules and make games material compatible with their system. Yes, they certainly are blocking competition for nearly any reason by doing that I tell ya. See above. Anti-competitive in what manner? By allowing gamers like you and me to actually write and publish gaming material for their game and sell it entirely on our own without even charging us to use their base rules or license? Unethical how? By putting out a license that has stated all along that the terms of that license could change at any time but still providing an OGL to allow you to do what you want with their base rule set (the SRD) without using the more guarded license? If anything the d20STL and OGL have opened numerous doors and I am willing to bet that most of the folks that are publishing books for D&D under either license would agree. [/QUOTE]

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