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Originally Posted by Orcus The question you have to ask is: how much do you trust Wizards to keep the GSL around? Because once it is gone, that product you made likely cant ever be published again. Why? Because if you use the GSL you can NEVER (even after the GSL is terminated) make an OGL version of that product. |
Or else what?
Clearly the
GSL says what you are saying. But, what is the penalty?
Say I publish the Book Of Things That Go Boo under the
GSL. I sell it with moderate success for three years and then
WotC terminates the
GSL. Then I simply ignore the the surviving terms of the
GSL and publish the Book Of Things That Go Boo under the
OGL.
What happens?
They terminate my license under the
GSL? Hard to do since they have already terminated the
GSL for everyone.
Obviously I'm not gonna get invited to the party when it comes to the 5th edition 5SL. But that is a big assumption there, and there would probably be plenty of ways around that anyway.
Could they sue for damages? What would they present as the damage to them? Perhaps that is a scary enough bluff to get the job done. But am I ignorant of something of more substance?