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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 6654384" data-attributes="member: 58172">The reason Pathfinder exists is, the WotC 4e license tried to reverse the open philosophy of the OGL. Paizo refused, continued with the 3e OGL - had enough customers who wanted to stay with 3e content - and from this, Pathfinder emerged.4e made the mistake. If it allowed a 4e OGL, Paizo would have continued to make 4e products, Paizo would have filled in the gaps in the consumer base, 4e would be a more enduring endeavor, and the symbiotic relationship would benefit everyone - especially the D&D players. Paizo was symbiotic with WotC until the 4e legal scarcity consciousness.The main difference between the 3e Open Game License and the 4e Game System License, is the *requirement* to make stand-alone products impossible and to refer to rules in 4e books. This requirement is a mistake.Stand-alone products - when they are compatible with other stand-alone products - are a successful symbiosis that allow players to mix-and-match.</blockquote>