First, dmccoy, saying "non-
GSL" is too broad. It would be unreasonable especially considering that they simply want to phase out the
OGL, not restrict publishers from their own licenses.
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Originally Posted by dmccoy1693  If an Owllion was in your GSL product, you agree that the contents will not be in a non- GSL product. Well you can call it something else. Then Wizards can fight you that the artwork is in violation of the agreement since the artwork is similar to the GSL product. |
Sorry, but this is just plain wrong. Artwork can only be covered under copyright, not license. What a license can do is say that artwork cannot contain
WOTC IP, but they cannot restrict it just because it is "similar" to
GSL product. It's like Lucas IP. You can depict a character with all the trappings of the Jedi as long as 1) the word "Jedi" isn't part of the title, 2) it is not a Star Wars character, and 3) it is not a race unique to Star Wars, but there's nothing they can do about a lightsaber or wearing Japanese-style robes while wielding one, as lightsabers existed in science fiction before Star Wars, and the clothing is not unique to Star Wars.