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<blockquote data-quote="Kurtomatic" data-source="post: 5191798" data-attributes="member: 85486"><p>Wow, is it hot and stuffy in here, or is it just me? Maybe it's just me. I probably just need an ice-cold beverage... <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /></p><p></p><p>HYPOTHETICAL</p><p></p><p>Given that a fan-written Compendium API client has woken the grumpy bears at WotC, which action results in a better outcome for the D&D community? </p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">A. Formal snailmail nastygram is sent to specific projects that requires those developers to modify their app in order to appease the capricious WotC overlords.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">B. WotC simply shuts down the Compendium web service API.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>Please note that option B always occurs before option C...</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">C. Plucky fan devs don capes and eyepatches, hit the lotto crushing the faceless corporation in court.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p>..rendering Option C entirely moot. WotC can shut down the API tomorrow, and its first-party applications will function normally. Does that sound draconian? Actually, the third-party fan apps would only be midly inconvienenced. iPlay4e is largely a creature of the Character Builder; as long as the CB is updated regularly and its XML output is available, iPlay4e continues to rock the character management space. Loss of Compendium links annoys users, but core functionality is maintained. Likewise, Masterplan's encounter planning shtick is a creature of Adventure Tools; as long the Monster Builder is updated regularly and its XML output is available, users simply have to export the monsters individually for import into Masterplan (much the way the CB/iPlay4e works now).</p><p></p><p>The API is thus merely a convienence for all parties: WotC gains by encouraging consumption of Compendium data and thus subcriptions; the fan apps get a direct query pipe for users to access subscription data, integrating the Compendium into their application interface. I would be shocked (SHOCKED!) if anyone ever makes an actual legal filing of any kind about the Compendium API. I think WotC would just shut it down before came to that (see: PDF Apocolypse).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kurtomatic, post: 5191798, member: 85486"] Wow, is it hot and stuffy in here, or is it just me? Maybe it's just me. I probably just need an ice-cold beverage... :heh: HYPOTHETICAL Given that a fan-written Compendium API client has woken the grumpy bears at WotC, which action results in a better outcome for the D&D community? [INDENT]A. Formal snailmail nastygram is sent to specific projects that requires those developers to modify their app in order to appease the capricious WotC overlords. [/INDENT] [INDENT]B. WotC simply shuts down the Compendium web service API. [/INDENT] Please note that option B always occurs before option C... [INDENT]C. Plucky fan devs don capes and eyepatches, hit the lotto crushing the faceless corporation in court. [/INDENT] ..rendering Option C entirely moot. WotC can shut down the API tomorrow, and its first-party applications will function normally. Does that sound draconian? Actually, the third-party fan apps would only be midly inconvienenced. iPlay4e is largely a creature of the Character Builder; as long as the CB is updated regularly and its XML output is available, iPlay4e continues to rock the character management space. Loss of Compendium links annoys users, but core functionality is maintained. Likewise, Masterplan's encounter planning shtick is a creature of Adventure Tools; as long the Monster Builder is updated regularly and its XML output is available, users simply have to export the monsters individually for import into Masterplan (much the way the CB/iPlay4e works now). The API is thus merely a convienence for all parties: WotC gains by encouraging consumption of Compendium data and thus subcriptions; the fan apps get a direct query pipe for users to access subscription data, integrating the Compendium into their application interface. I would be shocked (SHOCKED!) if anyone ever makes an actual legal filing of any kind about the Compendium API. I think WotC would just shut it down before came to that (see: PDF Apocolypse). [/QUOTE]
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