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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1825631" data-attributes="member: 10201">Who says they don't? We, for one, have been very careful about what we release as OGC. For some projects, 100% OGC--fully expecting vast chunks, even the whole thing, to get re-released by someone else, possibly for free. IMHO, if you're relying on people to not do what you've just told them they can do [reuse the text, subject to the terms of the WotC OGL], you're making a big mistake. &nbsp;&nbsp;Now, i'm not advocating malicious reuse, deliberately intended to undercut sales or hurt companies. But the proposal for an OGC extract of Unearthed Arcana was to wait until sales were done anyway (more or less), and then post it online. Unlike Phil Reed's PDFs, most RPG books have a very finite sales-lifespan.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;yep. And i'm disappointed when i buy an OGC-containing book, decide i really like some bits and want to reuse them for a project, and the publisher won't provide them in digital format.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;And who decides who is a &quot;publisher&quot; and a &quot;consumer&quot;? How many sales do i have to have before i'm a publisher? Do only products above a certain price-point count?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It's rather high on my to-buy list, though for other reasons.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1825631, member: 10201"] Who says they don't? We, for one, have been very careful about what we release as OGC. For some projects, 100% OGC--fully [b]expecting[/b] vast chunks, even the whole thing, to get re-released by someone else, possibly for free. IMHO, if you're relying on people to not do what you've just told them they can do [reuse the text, subject to the terms of the WotC OGL], you're making a big mistake. Now, i'm not advocating malicious reuse, deliberately intended to undercut sales or hurt companies. But the proposal for an OGC extract of Unearthed Arcana was to wait until sales were done anyway (more or less), and then post it online. Unlike Phil Reed's PDFs, most RPG books have a very finite sales-lifespan. yep. And i'm disappointed when i buy an OGC-containing book, decide i really like some bits and want to reuse them for a project, and the publisher won't provide them in digital format. And who decides who is a "publisher" and a "consumer"? How many sales do i have to have before i'm a publisher? Do only products above a certain price-point count? It's rather high on my to-buy list, though for other reasons. [/QUOTE]

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