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Originally Posted by Waldorf

For better or worse, Wotc is starting to resemble TSR more and more.

A revision of the GSL is nowhere near the old T$R cease and desist tactics. Quite the opposite, IMO.

Originally Posted by Wyrmshadows

Any chance that 3pps can create a single product line for both the OGL and the GSL? If so, then I would be more interested.

I have my doubts about that. That sort of licence would just create the sort of competion WotC/Hasbro doesn't want.

Originally Posted by Darrin Drader

There's evidence here and all over the internet that shows that up to 50% of the current player base has no intention of switching to 4E.

Honestly, if internet "evidence" is admissible in court, then it's shouldn't be. What we find on the internet is a non-representative sample of anecdotal accounts, personal opinions, and just outright jackassery in some cases. Even though ENWorld is a major community for the 3pp base, I still wouldn't count the random opinion because I have no idea how many lurkers are making up a silent majority.

Originally Posted by Jürgen Hubert

That reminds me: Has anyone started spelling WotC with "$" signs inside the name yet? That's vital for "sticking it to the Man", you know.

I remember a Usenet post from some years back where someone referred to them as Wizard$ of the £oast. The response to that was, "WTF is a Loast?"

Originally Posted by Filcher

However many publishers in this thread are bitter about how WotC goes about handling its IP.

I got the impression that the publishers weren't worried about WotC's IP, they were wooried about how the GSL was going to affect their own IP. I wouldn't say bitter, perhaps a tad paranoid, but not bitter.

Originally Posted by Darrin Drader

And for those of us who prefer 3.5 but think that it needs a little bit of fixing? We should just be out of luck, or be stuck with every DM having their own set of house rules?

Doesn't sound any different from DMs who continue to run OD&D, BD&D, 1e or 2e.