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<blockquote data-quote="lkj" data-source="post: 4200546" data-attributes="member: 18646">I guess technically you're right. They could come out with a very broad definition of product line. But that seems pretty unlikely to me. This is an FAQ for the general public (presumably those early contact print publishers are still getting the actual GSL early), and a natural assumption for someone in the public reading that is that 'product line' equals something like 'Pathfinder' or 'Dungeon Crawl Classics'.&nbsp; Not that it means 'all products that might be considered fantasy products'. Like I said, you're right, you can't tell for sure without a detailed definition of 'product line' from the GSL itself-- but I think it would require WotC to be intentionally misleading. If you wanted to say, &quot;If you use the GSL, you can't publish other fantasy products under the OGL&quot;, I think they'd just say that. All that said, I'm sure there will be details in the definition of 'product line' that will cause annoyances. I just have a feeling that if Paizo wants to publish 4E stuff, they aren't going to have to give up Pathfinder OGL. We'll see.AD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lkj, post: 4200546, member: 18646"] I guess technically you're right. They could come out with a very broad definition of product line. But that seems pretty unlikely to me. This is an FAQ for the general public (presumably those early contact print publishers are still getting the actual GSL early), and a natural assumption for someone in the public reading that is that 'product line' equals something like 'Pathfinder' or 'Dungeon Crawl Classics'. Not that it means 'all products that might be considered fantasy products'. Like I said, you're right, you can't tell for sure without a detailed definition of 'product line' from the GSL itself-- but I think it would require WotC to be intentionally misleading. If you wanted to say, "If you use the GSL, you can't publish other fantasy products under the OGL", I think they'd just say that. All that said, I'm sure there will be details in the definition of 'product line' that will cause annoyances. I just have a feeling that if Paizo wants to publish 4E stuff, they aren't going to have to give up Pathfinder OGL. We'll see. AD [/QUOTE]

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