> Kal Lin
>
> > I came to the same conclusion as I listened to all the talk of
> circumventing
> > the d20 STL.
>
> There has been a lot more talk about minimizing the effect of
> the OGL. Not many people seem to be concerned about companies
> overreaching in this regard. In fact, quite the opposite.
Depends on where you look. Most of that talk was going on in Usenet by
silly people who wanted to make PHB knock-offs under what I will call the
'Napster Effect' where people assume that once they have a digital file of
something they can do anything they want with it. It largely does not apply
to legitimate businesses.
> > I agree that you have to protect yourself and the industry
> > from this problem.
>
> If more brands names, product lines and trademark protection
> was what the industry needed to revive the market then TSR
> might have been successful and WotC can do that themselves.
> My opinion is you need to engage your customers to participate
> in open gaming. Not put up legal fences to make sure they don't
> compete with you.
TSR's attitude towards compatible products did more to harm the industry
than anything else. This is where they failed to engage the customers.
I'll tolerate small legal fences if that's what it takes, just not big ones.
-Brad
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