tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post8333055446351720587..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: Another GSL Updatetrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-63286796316883210452008-05-02T17:01:00.000-05:002008-05-02T17:01:00.000-05:00I remember back in the day when a book was just......I remember back in the day when a book was just... a book.<BR/><BR/>I don't have to read and understand a license to read Tolkien. I don't need to sign an EULA. When I bought a book, it's mine; I can lend it, I can sell it, I can quote it (within reason), I can rip the pages out.... anything. It's mine.<BR/><BR/>Now, we're told what we can do with it. We're told what can be copied, and what can't. We're told that companies can or cannot add to the game - and this in a realm of Fantasy replete with Orcs, Goblins, Dragons and a whole millennia's worth of OTHER PEOPLE'S WORK. D&D wouldn't BE D&D without having been able to derive, copy and adapt from pre-existing Fantasy tropes and concepts. <BR/><BR/>The OGL revitalized the RPG/D&D game in ways we're still trying to understand. Whether the GSL (with it's strong-arm follow us or die clause) will do the same, remains to be seen. I have my doubts.<BR/><BR/>Sheesh.<BR/><BR/>Crazy, crazy world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com