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<blockquote data-quote="Twin Rose" data-source="post: 307042" data-attributes="member: 2765">The nature of software is such that files can be created and shared.&nbsp; I &quot;allow it&quot; in that the software is flexible, but I certainly do not condone it.&nbsp; In fact, in some ways it cuts into what I try to accomplish, and when everyone &quot;knows&quot; that they can get it very easily I fall under more scrutiny.&nbsp; Certainly, someone could claim that since Adobe Acrobat lets people scan in the players handbook, it would be in violation, but this isn't the case... It's what the end users do with their license that is the issue.Recently, we found a pirate site in Russia that had been distributing CS along with data from WOTC.&nbsp; This is highly frowned upon by both of us, as you can imagine.&nbsp; We reported the site to WOTC itself, as well as came at them through the TrialWare professional association - an organization dedicated to removing hacked material from the web.&nbsp; I would be putting out quite a double-standard if I began endorsing people 'stealing' IP and putting it out there.By the way, it was great to meet you at the Con, Leo, and put a face to the name and shake your hand.&nbsp; I think what you guys do is great, if a hard task.&nbsp; Despite what people seem to get stuck in their head, CS is a lot more than a character generator.&nbsp; If it was JUST that, our sales would not be up and we'd not be going to distribution after E-Tools came out.&nbsp; We aren't in competition <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />But, I think some of the publishers got the &quot;impression&quot; that the way you guys said &quot;We'll post the names of anyone not wanting us to use their stuff&quot; was some sort of veiled threat that they'd get negative exposure, and I think otehrs are a little worried that if their copyrights are found to be distributed (with permission) the &quot;wrong way&quot; they might get in trouble.&nbsp; I'm sure it's not the case, and that they feel as I do about fan work, but might want to check in with them personally just to cover bases.Do you know if you guys are being given a grace period and treated as though you had in fact been using the OGL, or given a period to stop distribution and GET in compliance with the OGL?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Twin Rose, post: 307042, member: 2765"] The nature of software is such that files can be created and shared. I "allow it" in that the software is flexible, but I certainly do not condone it. In fact, in some ways it cuts into what I try to accomplish, and when everyone "knows" that they can get it very easily I fall under more scrutiny. Certainly, someone could claim that since Adobe Acrobat lets people scan in the players handbook, it would be in violation, but this isn't the case... It's what the end users do with their license that is the issue. Recently, we found a pirate site in Russia that had been distributing CS along with data from WOTC. This is highly frowned upon by both of us, as you can imagine. We reported the site to WOTC itself, as well as came at them through the TrialWare professional association - an organization dedicated to removing hacked material from the web. I would be putting out quite a double-standard if I began endorsing people 'stealing' IP and putting it out there. By the way, it was great to meet you at the Con, Leo, and put a face to the name and shake your hand. I think what you guys do is great, if a hard task. Despite what people seem to get stuck in their head, CS is a lot more than a character generator. If it was JUST that, our sales would not be up and we'd not be going to distribution after E-Tools came out. We aren't in competition :) But, I think some of the publishers got the "impression" that the way you guys said "We'll post the names of anyone not wanting us to use their stuff" was some sort of veiled threat that they'd get negative exposure, and I think otehrs are a little worried that if their copyrights are found to be distributed (with permission) the "wrong way" they might get in trouble. I'm sure it's not the case, and that they feel as I do about fan work, but might want to check in with them personally just to cover bases. Do you know if you guys are being given a grace period and treated as though you had in fact been using the OGL, or given a period to stop distribution and GET in compliance with the OGL? [/QUOTE]

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