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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8917624" data-attributes="member: 67338"><p>yes and no... unless I am mistaken, even come 2007ish the people in charge of WotC was not the same people who were in 2017 let alone the new ones for 2022... </p><p>It seems to me (IMO, as an outside observer) the problem was no one (not 3pp not wotc not us fans) paid much attention to open content or law or contracts (not that I would expect us to). I find it funny BECAUSE come 2008, 2009 was the time that this big brick hammer would have helped WotC MORE then now... stopping retroclones including but not limited to pathfinder from compeating with the then newest edition of the game... I could argue the NEXT best time isn't 2023 but 2014, when if they had known this was even a possibility they could have ended the OGL pre 5e... </p><p>the fact is that the people who think this loop hole will work today were not at WotC TOO update it or not.</p><p></p><p>this is where everyone gets me wrong... I don't think ANYTHING that ANY big company does is the best or most upstanding for it's customer base and/or rivals and partners...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8917624, member: 67338"] yes and no... unless I am mistaken, even come 2007ish the people in charge of WotC was not the same people who were in 2017 let alone the new ones for 2022... It seems to me (IMO, as an outside observer) the problem was no one (not 3pp not wotc not us fans) paid much attention to open content or law or contracts (not that I would expect us to). I find it funny BECAUSE come 2008, 2009 was the time that this big brick hammer would have helped WotC MORE then now... stopping retroclones including but not limited to pathfinder from compeating with the then newest edition of the game... I could argue the NEXT best time isn't 2023 but 2014, when if they had known this was even a possibility they could have ended the OGL pre 5e... the fact is that the people who think this loop hole will work today were not at WotC TOO update it or not. this is where everyone gets me wrong... I don't think ANYTHING that ANY big company does is the best or most upstanding for it's customer base and/or rivals and partners... [/QUOTE]
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