--- Brad Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Christian Fortier > > > > When you say 'use', do you mean use as OGC, or use as non-OGC > > material? > > Nearly every d20 work you see these days is derivative of at least > one of those unreleased files, and so for WotC to back out on it now > would cause an outrage in the industry that would make the TSR > online-policy flap of the 1980's look like a picnic. Can you > say "Public Relations Nightmare?"
Can you say "Huh?" If I were walk in to dozens of gaming stores and say, "Man, Wizards of the Coast really turned around that TSR online-policy debacle." I would be shocked if 5% of the people who heard me had any idea what the old TSR online-policy was. Likewise, if Wizards were to suddenly terminate its d20 license and halt the release of the SRD. Those same people in the stores would be saying, "Hey, have you noticed how few books come out by those other companies for D&D." And someone would reply, "Yeah, Wizards cracked down on them." "Bummer." I think you over-estimate how much people really understand the d20 licensing issues. Yeah, on these lists and on the savvy web-boards there would be outrage. But people on those boards are hardcore gamers. They aren't going to stop playing D&D. Casual players don't go to those websites. I am the only one who even knows places like rpg.net and enworld.org even exist among my circle of players. Half of them don't even know about wizards.com. Joe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Sign up for SBC Yahoo! Dial - First Month Free http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
