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<blockquote data-quote="poilbrun" data-source="post: 407654" data-attributes="member: 532">Oh, I know that, I'm quite knowledgeable about the OGL and D20 STL actually... What I meant was that WotC, after having bought TSR, didn't care about the electronic utilities that existed for AD&amp;D 2nd. Now, they have given the opportunity to use their material to create material derived from it, but on the other hand, don't enable the fans (I'm not talking about the companies making money from it) to enjoy their hobby to the fullest, since they cannot create everything they want. The best example here is the material that is not in the SRD : I couldn't post on my website an adventure for the FR which would include an NPC that has a level in any PrC that is not OGC. Worse yet, I couldn't give a wizard the spell Mordenkainen's Disjunction but I would have to give him the spell called Disjunction, which means that someone who doesn't know that I'm not allowed to use the name Mordenkainen in my adventure wouldn't know where to find the spell. My conclusion is that to ensure that companies can make money from D&amp;D, they have decided to alienate the fans, since even free &quot;from the fans for the fans&quot; material has to follow a rigid set of rules that doesn't enable a fan to benefit from an other fan's work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="poilbrun, post: 407654, member: 532"] Oh, I know that, I'm quite knowledgeable about the OGL and D20 STL actually... What I meant was that WotC, after having bought TSR, didn't care about the electronic utilities that existed for AD&D 2nd. Now, they have given the opportunity to use their material to create material derived from it, but on the other hand, don't enable the fans (I'm not talking about the companies making money from it) to enjoy their hobby to the fullest, since they cannot create everything they want. The best example here is the material that is not in the SRD : I couldn't post on my website an adventure for the FR which would include an NPC that has a level in any PrC that is not OGC. Worse yet, I couldn't give a wizard the spell Mordenkainen's Disjunction but I would have to give him the spell called Disjunction, which means that someone who doesn't know that I'm not allowed to use the name Mordenkainen in my adventure wouldn't know where to find the spell. My conclusion is that to ensure that companies can make money from D&D, they have decided to alienate the fans, since even free "from the fans for the fans" material has to follow a rigid set of rules that doesn't enable a fan to benefit from an other fan's work. [/QUOTE]

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