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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8833948" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>Here's the exact statement:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now personally, I don't find that any more reassuring that not saying anything, because that's all they're doing here. Indeed the disastrous 4E GSL was promoted as essentially an "evolution" or development of the OGL, for example. Even after people saw it, for a brief period WotC tried that "it's just a few necessary changes, there's still an SRD!" messaging for the GSL before it became clear it wasn't going to work.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand, there's nothing particularly alarming about saying nothing from a company as deeply corporate as modern WotC.</p><p></p><p>If the WotC of say, 2007 (or 2015, even) had said this, I'd be a little concerned. If Paizo or the like was saying it re: their OGL/SRD I'd be pretty concerned. But that's because both those companies were more communicative and fan-oriented (which isn't always a good thing - the whole Mearls idiocy stemmed entirely from him acting like he was running a small company and was in charge of it and had no legal or PR departments).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8833948, member: 18"] Here's the exact statement: Now personally, I don't find that any more reassuring that not saying anything, because that's all they're doing here. Indeed the disastrous 4E GSL was promoted as essentially an "evolution" or development of the OGL, for example. Even after people saw it, for a brief period WotC tried that "it's just a few necessary changes, there's still an SRD!" messaging for the GSL before it became clear it wasn't going to work. On the other hand, there's nothing particularly alarming about saying nothing from a company as deeply corporate as modern WotC. If the WotC of say, 2007 (or 2015, even) had said this, I'd be a little concerned. If Paizo or the like was saying it re: their OGL/SRD I'd be pretty concerned. But that's because both those companies were more communicative and fan-oriented (which isn't always a good thing - the whole Mearls idiocy stemmed entirely from him acting like he was running a small company and was in charge of it and had no legal or PR departments). [/QUOTE]
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