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Message: <blockquote data-quote="occam" data-source="post: 4310002" data-attributes="member: 39815">I'm taken aback at how many are surprised by these terms in the GSL. Didn't we know all this already?Of course WotC wouldn't allow conversion of a product/product line to the GSL, then back to the OGL for any reason. That would permit a licensee to produce 4e-compatible products, then when the initial surge of purchases was done, republish them as 3e-compatible OGC, completely negating the intent of the GSL. You may argue with that intent, but we had already heard about this one-time conversion idea months ago, I thought.Also, as far as the terms of conversion surviving termination of the license, that should also have been expected. Given what we know or could surmise about WotC's goals with the new license, they wouldn't set it up so that 3PPs could pull all their goodies out of WotC's sandbox and into post-3e OGC-land when, say, a new edition comes out with (potentially) a new license. Permanent conversion is necessary to keep 3PPs in the market supporting WotC's products going forward, which is the entire point of the license, after all.Displeasure with aspects of the GSL is inevitable, but surprise? Were people really not expecting this?</blockquote>