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Either that or it irreparably ruins Orcus' relationship with WotC and causes them to close 4e. --G

Wormwood, This is a triumph! I'm making a note here, huge success. --G

I'll gladly cop to being mistaken on that one. The impression I'd gotten was that he had been in practice but was no longer. It just makes my point even more pointed. --G

You mean like Clark Peterson, aka Orcus, head of Necromancer Games, and former attorney at law? :D --G

If his argument is "made of fail," so is yours. The fact is that no one on this thread has actual knowledge of the precise limitations imposed by the GSL, with the possible exceptions of Scott and Linae. Based on their comments here, I suspect that even they don't know exactly what the license...

Never more so than now, when the previous edition will continue in development and in the market long after the release of the new one. --G

I'm a lawyer and I know how it works too. A non-compete is unlikely to be effective for these kinds of purposes. The reason is that many non-competes are unenforceable. There's a general public policy against restricting a worker's ability to use his or her skills in the market. While the...

Fair enough. I think S'mon has answered your question. For works that were released under the OGL, but are in no way derivative of 3.xe, I think a publisher might be able to release under a different sort of open license and not run afoul of the GSL. Of course, this is entirely dependent on...

I'm not sure what you're asking here. There are a number of different publishers out there publishing under different documents. There's the OGL, which is an irrevocable license granted by WotC to do certain things. There's the SRD, which contains the core rules of 3.5. There's also the D20...

Depends. Federal laws aren't copyrightable largely because there's specific statute that prevents the government from claiming a copyright on its works. I do not have the statute in front of me and am unwilling to speculate on whether the prohibition is limited in scope. I know that certain...

Hey everyone, It looks like things are happening that we're not privvy to. Right now there's a big discussion about the terms of a license we've never seen. The folks involved in making decisions about the licensing have been watching the discussion, and they've indicated that we've been...

It's not only their god-given right, in many cases, it's their statutory duty. If you don't protect your trademarks, you lose them. Trademark goes beyond names and words, and includes things like packaging and, arguably, a board game's layout and distinct board coloring. Hasbro owns...

Actually, I'd say that's the result of two non-lawyers working out the basic principles of the new license and then needing legal to draft the actual license. Perhaps with a dash of I've read the new license, but don't have it in front of me to refer back to, and a side of needing to make sure...

You can't really tell, because somebody just voted. Oops. :D. But I really am enjoying season 4 so far. --G

And at that point, you can pull the ripcord and bail out of 4e. It's not like you're signing a contract to work for WotC that requires you to promise to never work for anyone else ever again. The license permits you to do some things pursuant to some conditions. If you want to quit being...

I think that's Lizard's point. We're eating around the edges of the issue. Lizard has distilled the essence of the question and is now requesting the confirmation you desire. Lizard is relying on Le' Rouse's most recent comment, but I think he may be reading beyond the words on the page. I...

But the difference here is that WotC isn't helping them cannibalize its business. Unlike the OGL (and especially the SRD), the GSL is apparently designed to force players to purchase a copy of the PHB at the very least. Admittedly, I think WotC's made a poor choice. They've taken some of the...

I don't have the new GSL yet, but I don't think you need to worry about your own system. As long as the system you've designed is not based on the OGL, the "poison pill" provision of the GSL won't trigger. From what we've read, the kill switch is publication under the OGL. --G

I don't think it's a "yer either with us, er agin' us" deal. I don't think that WotC views folks who choose to continue on under the OGL as against them. But, I do think that they're looking to make sure they get the full support of those who wish to follow them into 4e. Given the glut of...