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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DaveStebbins" data-source="post: 1114678" data-attributes="member: 1427">What I don't like about the change is two-fold. The d20 mark is a mark of compatability, always has been. By adding the content restrictions, Wizards is broadening the definition of the mark, opening themselves to more responsibility and risk. They certainly have the right to do this, but that doesn't make it the right thing to do. For the second part of my objection, I will blatantly quote what someone posted on the subject in a different venue, because he says it better than I could.  Up until now, WOTC has been, as noted, extremely accomodating, going beyond the letter of the contract in many ways, working with publishers in violation rather than heavy-handedly enforcing the terms any time the opportunity arose. This behavior helped quell a lot of the paranoia, at least among anyone capable of judging fairly -- in other words, given the chance to use violations of the license to harm competition, WOTC instead did all it could to help bring the books into line, instead. The release of the 3.5 SRD, the opening of other WOTC material, and so on, all are very positive moves that deserve praise and acknowledgement. This is why this particular move, rapidly slammed into the license with no forewarning and, unless I missed it in one of my periodic mail glitchs, not even an official "Heads up!" from WOTC on this or other lists, comes as a bit of a shock, and seems, to some, to signal a rapid degeneration in WOTC/3rd party relationships. I think these two things are why many people are worried.-Dave</blockquote>

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