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Message: <blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1825627" data-attributes="member: 10201">Says you. WotC has made it very clear from the get-go that the point for them is core rulebook sales, and that they are both fully aware of th possibility of complete reuse, and condone it (from their FAQ way back when the WotC OGL and D&D3E first came out).  And, if we trace the WotC OGL back to its roots in the open source community, we can see that, while there ar econflicting motives and opinions, a large part of it stems back to Stallman and others from the '70s and '80s who believe that the whole point is free software and code--analogously, free rules in the RPG case. So, i don't think it's unreasonable, in the absence of actual mind reading, to say that the point of the WotC OGL is to get lots of free RPG rules out there...in order to drive sales.   And i'd never do that. If it's good enough to reuse, it's good enough to respect the original publisher. And if it's not good enough to reuse...well, that should be self-evident.  If i suddenly found myself wanting to reuse a noticable chunk of your stuff--let's say an entire short PDF--i'd probably drop you a line. "Hey, i think this is the coolest thing, and i'd like to incorporate it into my _______. Now, i'll of course give proper credit, and this'll probably help drive your sales, but if you want, i can leave it out." And if you ask me to leave it out, i'll do so--and probably still put a pointer in to your product ("If you want more detail on this aspect, i strongly recommend X by Y, which is fully compatible with these rules"). But if you tell me to leave it out, i might just include it out of spite, because i have a real problem with someone saying "here, feel free to reuse this" and then following up with "please don't reuse this".   Eh. Whatever. All the good stuff comes from other people anyway--i've got a lovely D&D game going without a single thing from WotC (not even the D20SRD). Yes, WotC got the ball rolling. That was then, this is now--do you prefer the first band in your favorite genre, or the best?</blockquote>

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