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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 4042892" data-attributes="member: 70">Who did Green Ronin pay for the rules?  It'd be unethical for them to make a profit off of something someone else is giving away, right?  Although, if they created the rules, they own them and they don't need to label them OGC.  If they got them for free, or modified them from something they got for free, then you'll have to explain why they should charge me* for something they got for free.Here's 3-part question.1- Product A is free.  Publisher B takes A (for free), modifies some of the rules, and releases it as Product B - for profit.  Publisher C also takes A, improves the presentation but doesn't modify the content, and releases it as Product C - for free.  Which one is "more" ethical and why?2 - Publisher D takes Product B, copies the parts based on, derived from, or originating in A (which was free to B), and releases it as D - for free.  Who is more ethical, D or B, and why?3- Does knowing that Publisher A mandated that their rules, all modifications thereupon, and derivations thereof, be freely copiable forever change any answer above?*And just so we can be clear on my position - I own all 3 Blue Rose books, in print, plus the True20 rules in print and pdf, and the basic rules they put out initially in pdf. I willingly paid for all of it, and I don't regret it.  And I've never bothered looking for a True20 SRD.  I didn't even know one existed.  Unfortunately, the game hasn't quite clicked for me.  Part of it is the darned presentation.  Ugly books.  Also, the settings I've seen don't interest me.  I'm boring.  I like generic fantasy.</blockquote>

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