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Originally Posted by CapnZapp What prevents the following scenario:
1) the majority of 3PP hops onto the GSL, agreeing to abandon their 3E IP
2) WotC terminates the GSL in nine to twelve months time, as soon as the majority of 3E IP have been "upgraded"
3) D&D returns to being totally closed. Anyone trying to resurrect their 3E IP using the OGL will be shot down according to the terms of the GSL.
4) Hasbro creates a new division to handle D&D sales called Total Sales Restriction. |
Mostly, the fact that concerns over such a scenario will keep a lot of companies from converting existing IP to
4e. I think, instead, we will see new creations that don't have existing value. It may be this is deliberate, to encourage the creation of
4e-specific concepts instead of retooling
3e; the
GSL makes "upgrading" risky.