Dreamscarred Press, Mongoose, Malhavoc Press were my guesses for companies. technically Monte had retreated from the whole industry instead of just fantasy, but it was pretty closePsion said:Consider if you will, three examples:
I think I'm going to sit this thread out and wait for more clarifications of what is and isn't permissible. No sense getting worked up about anything that turns out to not be precisely what it seems to be. Not saying the GSL won't be restrictive, just there may be more ways around things than it looks. If the answer would be for a publisher like Malhavoc (if Monte came out of semi-retirement) would be to form Ptolus Press and have it be his 3.x wing and then continue support for Arcana Evolved and such with Malhavoc.
This would be 2 companies owned by the same companies, not just a sub-company, which from our current vague descriptions sounds like that could be workable. A hassle to pick up the 2nd biz license and what not, but if the end result would be the ability to handle both markets, isn't that worth a smidge of hassle? If one person owning both companies wouldn't be a workable situation, then you could see business situations like Clark having Necromancer and doing 4E and Bill having the license for a new corporation that produces the 3.x. Or Monte having the license for Malhavoc and Sue having the Ptolus Press name from the prior example.
No idea what is legal as I don't have access to the final version, heck does anyone really? I just post here