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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dmccoy1693" data-source="post: 5511536" data-attributes="member: 51747">Literally, no one cheered the GSL prior to its release louder than Clark Peterson. No one. Not even anyone at Wizards. When the first version was released, he got really quiet. For quite some time, he went from the Lord of the Undead to Quiet as the Dead. He posted some, sure, but there was a massive decrease in his posting frequency. Then like 3-4 months later, he posted Necromancer's official response: they would not work with the GSL as it stood. Within 24 hours (literally), Wizards announced they were going to make changes. It took them a month or two to release those changes, but it was clear that those changes were made for one reason: they lost their biggest cheerleader. Ultimately, Necromancer shut down. When Necromancer made their big announcement, there were 5 major 3pp companies trying to be catered to: Goodman, Mongoose, Green Ronin, Paizo and Necromancer. Goodman and Mongoose both signed the GSL without "looking before they leaped" so to speak. Green Ronin released an OGL-based 4E test product that didn't do well enough for them to do any more. Paizo was already heavily working on Pathfinder RPG at the time. So when Necromancer said no thanks, it became a 3-to-2 rejection of the license, enough for Scott Rouse to get changes promised.</blockquote>