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Originally Posted by dmccoy1693  So if someone made an OGL in all but name just to get around the current GSL and released a game with that new license and publishers released material for both 4E and that other game, you are certain that Wizards would have no problem with it, ever, regardless of staff changes and whoever Hasbro appoints to the company's top job? Is this what you are saying?
As long as the potential for abuse is there, it is not acceptable, as far as I am concerned. The OGL+d20 combo was perfect because it was abuse free. Wizards didn't like BoEF so the company just went OGL. Fearing a new edition, go OGL. Want to make your own game with modified d20 rules, go OGL. |
A company can't make an
OGL of
WOTC's product, but why should they be restricted from making a license of their own for their own mechanics and IP? It's meaningless. And I'm not sure about the law regarding it, but even if the law wouldn't see it as monopolistic practices, it seems unethical to me to restrict the mixing of your own license with anyone else's.
What do
WOTC's staff changes and top jobs have anything to do with another company's license?
The key words in your second paragraph are "as far as I'm concerned". I'm not going to counter a personal opinion. I'm not really certain what the paragraph has to do with the subject anyway.
You said that the
OGL was "abuse free". It was only abuse free on
WOTC's part. They can't abuse the licensee, but the licensee can very much abuse the
OGL and
WOTC's product.