On Tue, 17 Jan 2023 12:26:52 +1300, Rupert Boleyn wrote:

>The OGL's primary value was in the certainty it provided - much of what
>is/was 'granted' is/was already legal, but given TSR's (and others')
>habit of going after people for infringements that weren't and killing
>them with the cost of fighting (e.g. GDW & Gygax over Dangerous
>Journeys/Mythus), that certainty was a huge deal.

Yes. This was the point "b" in the reasons a publisher needs an OGL or
equivalent (from my original post).

>WotC has managed to flush over twenty years of trust and goodwill down
>the toilet in a couple of weeks.

I'm not entirely convinced that they _had_ that trust and goodwill; their
early behavior - pre-OGL - was enough to get them the stink-eye pretty much
no matter what they did. It might have reduced the situation to "keep your
powder dry and make sure you've got your bullet mold" rather than "keep
your weapon locked and loaded", which is arguably an improvement - but is
that really "trust" and "goodwill"?

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