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Originally Posted by HyrumOWC Yep, no anger from me towards Scott and Linae, and I can only imagine how bad the license would be without them.
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To be honest...I think
WOTC saying at the
4e announcement "No open license, sorry" would have been better for all concerned than to drag this out this long, keeping a lot of companies unable fully formulate business plans, and then produce something which many in the field have said does not meet their needs, after all. Again, I have to point to how the original
OGL/STL was crafted with full interactivity with likely licensees, and the
GSL was formed in secret, with no input/comments/concerns. The process of getting reactions and making changes should have begun in January of '09; it's only beginning now, and I'm being optimistic that
WOTC/Hasbro will make changes in response to legitimate concerns, especially the ability to 'fall back' on the
OGL if/when the
GSL is pulled. The
OGL/STL combo allowed publishers to securely print, knowing that even if the D20 program was dropped, they could keep viable products/lines in production indefinitely. The
GSL says that the lifespan of your product is exactly equal to the lifespan of the
GSL, and there's no reason to assume that the lifespan of the
GSL will be equal to the lifespan of
4e.