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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JPL" data-source="post: 1394564" data-attributes="member: 1964">Setting aside the tea analogy for a moment, let me attempt to restate my point:Diaglo stated that he suspected WotC and/or the purported authors of UA "wrote the UA as OGL content b/c most of it wasn't their ideas. but things they harvested from the open call for new campaigns."I think that accusing someone of plagarizing/IP theft/stealing some poor game nerds ideas is perfectly acceptable behavior if you have some sort of reasonable factual basis for that belief.   In the absence of such basis, making those sort of statements is not nice.  Whether it is a criminal act [libel/slander] or merely rude depends upon the circumstances.Suggesting that Andy Collins et al actually just swiped ideas from the setting search without being able to back it up is inappropriate behavior, just as calling a tea merchant a criminal without evidence is inappropriate behavior.I think it is especially inappropriate when WotC releases a huge chunk of OGC like this.  This is free tea, man.  This is the tea guy saying that ANYONE can have the recipe and use it and make money off of it.  Under these circumstances, saying, "You're probably just giving it away because you stole it in the first place" sounds especially bad to me...because I think Andy Collins actually deserves a pat on the back for a job well done [both the content itself and pushing to make it OGL.]["How does an exchange of money for a service entail obligations of etiquette," you ask?  I personally feel that a basic level of civility should accompany even a routine business transaction --- say please, say thank you, don't call the other guy a thief without good cause, little stuff like that --- you may feel differently.  Good way to get them to spit in your chai, though...]</blockquote>

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