GodDelusion
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Ok, total newb to the whole d20 license thing. I'm assuming since WotBS is OGL and not d20, it will be unaffected when the current license expires, correct?
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WotBS Will WotBS be available after WotC pulls d20
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Selganor
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The d20 license already expired but it should be easy to "rebrand" Burning Sky with just the OGL (if that hasn't already happened)
But if the GSL shouldn't change till next year there won't be an OGL Burning Sky anyway because once the GSL version is out there can't be an OGL version out, too
But if the GSL shouldn't change till next year there won't be an OGL Burning Sky anyway because once the GSL version is out there can't be an OGL version out, too
Yes, we intend to file off the serial numbers and keep them as OGL products. Whether we manage to do that in time is another matter, so don't be too surprised if they disappear for a while - the priority is the 3.5 compiled hardback then the 4E adventures. We haven't even begun the process of sorting out the d20 adventures to make them OGL only.
There is such a clause in the current GSL.
Maybe the revised one will be different, if it ever appears.
Selganor
Adventurer
Section 6.1 of the current GSL (at http://www.wizards.com/d20/files/GSL_20080617.pdf ) states:
" 6.1 OGL Product Conversion.
If Licensee has entered into the “Open Gaming License version 1.0” with Wizards (“OGL”), and Licensee has previously published a product under the OGL (each an “OGL Product”), Licensee may publish a Licensed Product subject to this License that features the same or similar title, product line trademark, or contents as such OGL Product (each such OGL Product, a “Converted OGL Product”, and each such Licensed Product, a “Conversion”). Upon the first publication date of a Conversion, Licensee will cease all manufacturing and publication of the corresponding Converted OGL Product and all other OGL Products which are part of the same product line as the Converted OGL Product, as reasonably determined by Wizards (“Converted OGL Product Line”). Licensee explicitly agrees that it will not thereafter manufacture or publish any portion of the Converted OGL Product Line, or any products that would be considered part of a Converted OGL Product Line (as reasonably determined by Wizards) pursuant to the OGL. Licensee may continue to distribute and sell-off all remaining physical inventory of a Converted OGL Product Line after the corresponding Conversion is published, but will, as of such date, cease all publication, distribution and sale (and ensure that third party affiliates of Licensee cease their publication, distribution and sale) of any element of a Converted OGL Product Line in any electronic downloadable format. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) any OGL Product that is not part of a Converted OGL Product Line may continue to be manufactured, published, sold and distributed pursuant to the OGL; and (b) this Section 6.1 will survive termination of this Agreement. "
So WotBS OGL will have to be discontinued when WotBS GSL is released, or is there any other chance?
" 6.1 OGL Product Conversion.
If Licensee has entered into the “Open Gaming License version 1.0” with Wizards (“OGL”), and Licensee has previously published a product under the OGL (each an “OGL Product”), Licensee may publish a Licensed Product subject to this License that features the same or similar title, product line trademark, or contents as such OGL Product (each such OGL Product, a “Converted OGL Product”, and each such Licensed Product, a “Conversion”). Upon the first publication date of a Conversion, Licensee will cease all manufacturing and publication of the corresponding Converted OGL Product and all other OGL Products which are part of the same product line as the Converted OGL Product, as reasonably determined by Wizards (“Converted OGL Product Line”). Licensee explicitly agrees that it will not thereafter manufacture or publish any portion of the Converted OGL Product Line, or any products that would be considered part of a Converted OGL Product Line (as reasonably determined by Wizards) pursuant to the OGL. Licensee may continue to distribute and sell-off all remaining physical inventory of a Converted OGL Product Line after the corresponding Conversion is published, but will, as of such date, cease all publication, distribution and sale (and ensure that third party affiliates of Licensee cease their publication, distribution and sale) of any element of a Converted OGL Product Line in any electronic downloadable format. For the avoidance of doubt, (a) any OGL Product that is not part of a Converted OGL Product Line may continue to be manufactured, published, sold and distributed pursuant to the OGL; and (b) this Section 6.1 will survive termination of this Agreement. "
So WotBS OGL will have to be discontinued when WotBS GSL is released, or is there any other chance?
There is no chance whatsoever that we will use the current GSL. If the revised version appears as promised and looks as expected, we'll use that. If it doesn't, we'll go with a GSL-free solution.
Good answer.
TheRealRonn
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Does this mean that if I have only purchased WotBS #s 1-3 I should buy the rest before ... the GSL expires? (And on what date does that occur?)
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