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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tburdett" data-source="post: 1231485" data-attributes="member: 4714">If CMP did not exist, the Cooks' would probably not have considered charging for the material because, as you say, there was no entity to facilitate this. Their past practice of allowing material to be included for free is an example of this. PCGen declines because any publisher is going to choose the model that rewards them financially. CMP is that model. Yes, it is possible that some publishers will still allow their material to be included free of charge, but it is obviously going to be a stripped down (perceived to be lower quality) version of what CMP releases. I have read, and understand, where both sides of this are coming from. As an outsider it looks like an extremely ugly and messy situation. As I said in my last reply, any statements of altruism on the part of CMP are going to be looked at skeptically, especially when they have the most to gain financially by NOT being altruistic.</blockquote>