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<blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 1818550" data-attributes="member: 10913">I'd like to clarify that I am not a publisher, and do not intend to publish a product commercially. I was, rather, a bit annoyed about not being really able to legally post or use stats from, say CW, even on my private webpage. And then I thought of this possible loophole, more out of frustration than any real intent to implement it on a grand scale.&nbsp; Also, for the record, I have absolutely no intention of engaging in any criminal activity, nor was I suggesting one. I was suggesting that it may be *legally* possible to circumvent the intention of Wizards to retain their classes, feats, etc. as non-OGC. Emphasis on legally.Note on implementation: I believe that, for example, saying &quot;roll 1d100, and if it is lower than 26 then...&quot; is the same rule but not the same implementation as &quot;to determine your success, roll a 100-sided dice. On a result of 26 or lower...&quot;I may be mistaken.As for the idea of petitioning to enter more into the SRD: I'm all for that, but I believe the rate of stuff entering the SRD is directly proportional to the amount of money Wizards spends doing it. And, for obvious reasons, they are not devoting their entire R&amp;D budget to do so. I believe the only real way to accelerate or affect this process is to pay them to do so. For example, third party publishers can coordinate with Wizards the release of new material to the SRD and products based on that particular content, in return for paying Wizards for their work - paying for the salary of the guy that puts the SRD together, and some extra for the manager's time in looking things over and approving them.Practically, I don't see such a scenario happening. Third party publishers are having enough trouble earning money without this extra expense. But it would be nice to see all those works in the SRD, oh yes.And last but not least: thanks for the link, Bloodstone Press!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Yair, post: 1818550, member: 10913"] I'd like to clarify that I am not a publisher, and do not intend to publish a product commercially. I was, rather, a bit annoyed about not being really able to legally post or use stats from, say CW, even on my private webpage. And then I thought of this possible loophole, more out of frustration than any real intent to implement it on a grand scale. Also, for the record, I have absolutely no intention of engaging in any criminal activity, nor was I suggesting one. I was suggesting that it may be *legally* possible to circumvent the intention of Wizards to retain their classes, feats, etc. as non-OGC. Emphasis on legally. Note on implementation: I believe that, for example, saying "roll 1d100, and if it is lower than 26 then..." is the same rule but not the same implementation as "to determine your success, roll a 100-sided dice. On a result of 26 or lower..." I may be mistaken. As for the idea of petitioning to enter more into the SRD: I'm all for that, but I believe the rate of stuff entering the SRD is directly proportional to the amount of money Wizards spends doing it. And, for obvious reasons, they are not devoting their entire R&D budget to do so. I believe the only real way to accelerate or affect this process is to pay them to do so. For example, third party publishers can coordinate with Wizards the release of new material to the SRD and products based on that particular content, in return for paying Wizards for their work - paying for the salary of the guy that puts the SRD together, and some extra for the manager's time in looking things over and approving them. Practically, I don't see such a scenario happening. Third party publishers are having enough trouble earning money without this extra expense. But it would be nice to see all those works in the SRD, oh yes. And last but not least: thanks for the link, Bloodstone Press! [/QUOTE]

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