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<blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4518136" data-attributes="member: 2209">Copy and paste publishing created a glut IYO?Most d20 products IME did not paste material from the srd directly into their products. Just ones that tried to be complete in themselves games that wanted full d20 rules (Arcana Evolved, Conan RPG, Thrilling Tales, and such) or more convenient srds (or pocket PH/DMG/MM guides).These copy and paste products did not seem a large portion of the d20 product market and banning their creation would not have significantly affected the number of d20 products IMO.d20 never had a useful short stat block in the srd for monsters or NPCs that could be copied into a module or sourcebook. These had to be created by the new product authors.Even looking at huge 700 page d20 books like Ptolus or Rappan Athuk or Castle White Rock or World's Largest Dungeon, I'm not sure what you could find that was pasted into them directly from the srd.Most products simply used srd mechanics names but had to type in the whole stat blocks of everything themselves. This would still be allowed under the GSL. All that is really blocked by eliminating copy and paste publishing are the full stand alone games and reformatted srds.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Voadam, post: 4518136, member: 2209"] Copy and paste publishing created a glut IYO? Most d20 products IME did not paste material from the srd directly into their products. Just ones that tried to be complete in themselves games that wanted full d20 rules (Arcana Evolved, Conan RPG, Thrilling Tales, and such) or more convenient srds (or pocket PH/DMG/MM guides). These copy and paste products did not seem a large portion of the d20 product market and banning their creation would not have significantly affected the number of d20 products IMO. d20 never had a useful short stat block in the srd for monsters or NPCs that could be copied into a module or sourcebook. These had to be created by the new product authors. Even looking at huge 700 page d20 books like Ptolus or Rappan Athuk or Castle White Rock or World's Largest Dungeon, I'm not sure what you could find that was pasted into them directly from the srd. Most products simply used srd mechanics names but had to type in the whole stat blocks of everything themselves. This would still be allowed under the GSL. All that is really blocked by eliminating copy and paste publishing are the full stand alone games and reformatted srds. [/QUOTE]

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