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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nellisir" data-source="post: 2534859" data-attributes="member: 70">It means that you "can" use the exact wording of the text in your own work.  Maybe you don't believe that you, or anyone, "should", but that's an ethical issue, not a legal one, and beyond your control.I dunno.  I think if the OGL was set up to be as restrictive and closed off as some publishers seem to want, nearly all of the pdf publishers and a good number of the print publishers wouldn't exist.  OGC would be sealed off for the sole use of a small pool of either WotC-cronies or buy-in publishers.  My sympathy is extremely limited, in that case.  Does the OGL give you everything you want?  Clearly not.  Does it give the "OGC must be free" crowd everything they want?  Clearly not.  And the fact that both crowds are dissatisfied is to me the clearest sign that the OGL is working correctly.The OGL is, absolutely, the best thing to happen to this hobby since the creation of D&D.Cheers,Nell.</blockquote>