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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Halivar" data-source="post: 1817843" data-attributes="member: 9327">Theoretically, what you say makes perfect sense. Put into practice, though, we see that the publically available SRD does not keep the core rulebooks + psionics from being wildly enriching for WotC. I, for one, certainly didn't buy the core books just so I could have beholders and mindflayers.I don't like the idea that something is free only if you make money off of it. For one thing, it still doesn't make a return for the original producer (WotC), and seems to place 3rd-party publishers above "end users". I also find it telling that, at least on these boards, the idea that legally putting out material for free that might otherwise be sold by a 3rd-party publisher is somehow "unethical" is propounded by the 3rd-party publishers themselves.The GPL isn't for regulating sharing of computer code among programmers. It's for keeping Free Software free. See the Free Software Foundation (creators of the GPL, <a href="http://www.fsf.org" target="_blank">www.fsf.org</a>) for more info.The legal mechanics behind the two licenses are very similar, but apparently the respective philosophies behind them are not even remotely alike. GPL means it free the modify, copy, and distribute. Your interpretation of the philosphy behind OGL is only freedom to scavenge, incorporate, and sell, and I disagree with that. I do not consider your use of OGL content more "ethical" just because you're making money off of it and I'm not.But then, I'm a supporter of Open Source in computing, so I'm probably biased (it's also the reason I refuse to purchase or use 3rd-party content that isn't OGL).</blockquote>

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