Comment Re:Is this even legal? (Score 1) 243
Of course it's legal. For the most part, anyone can put any restriction they want on their IP. Whether or not it's actionable in court is a different matter.
Also a different matter is just how effective it is. A better idea would be to ignore 3e completely, OGL 4e, and once again reap the benefits. Dozens of companies came out with products supporting 3e, making the system as a whole much more attractive. As for the analogy in the writeup, it's more like MS saying if you want to make software for Vista, you have to drop XP support. I'll be quite surprised if someone else doesn't step in to take WotC's place as the OGL company-Hero Games and Dream Pod 9, I'm looking at you!
Also a different matter is just how effective it is. A better idea would be to ignore 3e completely, OGL 4e, and once again reap the benefits. Dozens of companies came out with products supporting 3e, making the system as a whole much more attractive. As for the analogy in the writeup, it's more like MS saying if you want to make software for Vista, you have to drop XP support. I'll be quite surprised if someone else doesn't step in to take WotC's place as the OGL company-Hero Games and Dream Pod 9, I'm looking at you!
