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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Orcus" data-source="post: 4325803" data-attributes="member: 1254">I wonder if this is really happening. I'd like a couple more days to see the dust settle. I'd like to hear from the guys involved. But I sent an email to Wizards some months ago reminding them that as they were doing the GSL to remember the benefits of the safe harbor and that if too restrictive people could just use copyright law. That was seen as a threat and wasnt well recieved. I want to know what is really going on here. If GG and AE are "going copyright" so to speak, good for them. But that certainly has its risks. It also has an impact on the community. It creates and "us vs. them" mentality that I really felt the OGL was able to get us all past. Everyone was all friendly and generally working together with Wizards to everyone's benefit. It would be a shame to lose that. In fact, I have long thought that one of the reasons for the OGL was to prevent this exact thing--"going copyright." Because then Wizards loses control and then they have to use the expensive option of lawsuits to stop things. And while that might not be easy on the small publisher, lets not pretend that that is a route Wizards is really excited about either. Nobody likes lawsuits. The OGL was brilliant--"come here and play in our pond and we will give you a few things that is better than just going copyright and no one has to worry about us suing you, etc." That is the reason the "safe harbor" was such a strong issue for the OGL. Because the people involved with the OGL knew that there was another place for us to sail our boats and that it was smart for everyone to make sure we sailed in their pond. If 4E becomes supported by "going copyright" I will be sad.</blockquote>

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