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<blockquote data-quote="maddman75" data-source="post: 104027" data-attributes="member: 2673">Wizards took the open style development from the Free software movement.&nbsp; A brilliant idea, and one largely responsible for the current gaming renaissance, IMHO.&nbsp; But that power does not come without responsibility.If they clamp down on IP, add nothing to the SRD, discontinue d20, etc., while at the same time losing talent they will face something that open sourcers fear.Fork.&nbsp; What does that mean?&nbsp; It means that if WotC goes in a direction that hurts the game and the public, much like the later days of TSR did, there is nothing stopping others, perhaps led by former WotC illuminati, from creating an alternate free version of the game.&nbsp; They can't afford to be jacking around the fans.I don't think they are doing this - I'm just reminding everyone of the consequences of going open source.&nbsp; You can't take it back.PS - I think Wolfspider rolled a 20 wrt the Hasbro suits.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="maddman75, post: 104027, member: 2673"] Wizards took the open style development from the Free software movement. A brilliant idea, and one largely responsible for the current gaming renaissance, IMHO. But that power does not come without responsibility. If they clamp down on IP, add nothing to the SRD, discontinue d20, etc., while at the same time losing talent they will face something that open sourcers fear. Fork. What does that mean? It means that if WotC goes in a direction that hurts the game and the public, much like the later days of TSR did, there is nothing stopping others, perhaps led by former WotC illuminati, from creating an alternate free version of the game. They can't afford to be jacking around the fans. I don't think they are doing this - I'm just reminding everyone of the consequences of going open source. You can't take it back. PS - I think Wolfspider rolled a 20 wrt the Hasbro suits. [/QUOTE]

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