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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 4307644" data-attributes="member: 42582">Right. WoTC had at least 2 options: issue this GSL; or issue none at all. Clearly the latter is the easier option in terms of money and time spent. So if their desire was to kill 3PPs the only reason they would go down the route that they have is if they thought that they could set a trap into which 3PPs would step. If no 3PPs step into the trap, then WoTC could have got the same result (ie no 3PPs publishing under the GSL) far more cheaply by just not issuing the licence.I think that the trap hypothesis is far-fetched. Therefore, I infer that WoTC do not want to kill 3PPs - but obviously do want 3PPs to operate very much on WoTC's own terms.</blockquote>