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<blockquote data-quote="El Mahdi" data-source="post: 4149934" data-attributes="member: 59506">Has the OGL been good for Gaming?&nbsp; Unequivocally yes!Has the OGL been good for the Gaming Industry?&nbsp; Not only has it been good, but it was essential.&nbsp; I believe it saved the Industry from collapsing on itself.Has the OGL been good for WoTC?&nbsp; Initially, Yes.&nbsp; Now, No.&nbsp; Without a rules system change, the D20 well is dry for WoTC.&nbsp; There is nothing else they can do with it that a 3rd party publisher can't do better.&nbsp; This is probably one of the reasons for a new edition.Would it be difficult to release material for 4E using the current OGL? Yes and No.No - without following the GSL, you will not be able to release material directly for 4E.Yes - it would be easy to introduce concepts that are similar to 4E for 3.5E.&nbsp; The concept of &quot;encounters&quot;, &quot;at will&quot;, and &quot;daily&quot; are not exclusive to 4E or any system.&nbsp; You could easily make Feats and Spells that mimic these functions in 4E.&nbsp; Also, you could make changes to classes and races that are similar.&nbsp; Other things, like the new Death and Dying, Second Wind and Bloodied are easily used, you may just need to use different language although the overall effect would be the same.&nbsp; The things that would be exclusively 4E would be the exact new classes, races and their underlying structures.&nbsp; Also, the underlying &quot;math&quot; of the new edition would be out of bounds.&nbsp; You would not be able to apply this underlying math to 3.5E.&nbsp; Not only would this probably violate the GSL, but would essentially make it 4E, in which case you may as well use the new edition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="El Mahdi, post: 4149934, member: 59506"] Has the OGL been good for Gaming? Unequivocally yes! Has the OGL been good for the Gaming Industry? Not only has it been good, but it was essential. I believe it saved the Industry from collapsing on itself. Has the OGL been good for WoTC? Initially, Yes. Now, No. Without a rules system change, the D20 well is dry for WoTC. There is nothing else they can do with it that a 3rd party publisher can't do better. This is probably one of the reasons for a new edition. Would it be difficult to release material for 4E using the current OGL? Yes and No. No - without following the GSL, you will not be able to release material directly for 4E. Yes - it would be easy to introduce concepts that are similar to 4E for 3.5E. The concept of "encounters", "at will", and "daily" are not exclusive to 4E or any system. You could easily make Feats and Spells that mimic these functions in 4E. Also, you could make changes to classes and races that are similar. Other things, like the new Death and Dying, Second Wind and Bloodied are easily used, you may just need to use different language although the overall effect would be the same. The things that would be exclusively 4E would be the exact new classes, races and their underlying structures. Also, the underlying "math" of the new edition would be out of bounds. You would not be able to apply this underlying math to 3.5E. Not only would this probably violate the GSL, but would essentially make it 4E, in which case you may as well use the new edition. [/QUOTE]

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