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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 9219813" data-attributes="member: 40359">I'm not convinced that would necessarily wash out eventually, especially since WotC could easily prevent that from happening any time they choose to. Yes, I have extremely little faith that they would do that, but considering it lasted almost half of D&D's lifetime without an issue (and the only thing stopping legal challenges to WotC's move was their size, not necessarily their legal merits), I'm not sure that foundation is quite as sandy as you claim, but I agree it definitely isn't as stable as it once was.True. But the damage is still done with ORC splintering off, as well as waves of both system-specific homegrown licenses of varying quality and a growing number of works based on CC-SRD having no interesting in any open gaming commons except as a consumer.I still plan to use the OGL and agree that it is not going away any time soon. That doesn't negate the harm that was done, however, especially to the countless OGL works whose futures were abruptly called into question. I know someone who passed away a few years back who added much of his work to OGC and was happy that could help his creative works live on. I know it sounds weird to be grandiose about the d20 glut, but there are some gems in there and people's creations that they were told by WotC would be available forever for anyone to build upon and keep their ideas alive. That is the kind of harm that bothers me most and I'm not sure that harm can even be undone at this point.So I'll probably stop since my posts aren't really about the OGL going forward than just mourning that past and the harm WotC caused to many.</blockquote>

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