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<blockquote data-quote="lkj" data-source="post: 7657089" data-attributes="member: 18646">While I see what you are saying, I don't really agree. If they are preparing to release an OGL, it seems perfectly natural to be working on the various trappings as well and not at all odd to release the parts of those trappings that might be useful to their customers. If they are going to release some sort of OGL, I wouldn't be surprised to see more signs and bits here and there as we approach the announcement.That said, I have no idea what sort of license they will release, and it might end up being nothing more than a 'fan sharing' template. I wouldn't be surprised to see any shade of gradation from the 'no real OGL' to a 'full OGL'. Just too many things I don't know to really make a good guess (internal politics, lawyers, business plans, etc.).On the same note, as for whether it's 'too late' or whether there's some insidious group inside the company trying to hobble any license, I couldn't say. It requires way too much speculation or inside knowledge or market information that I simply don't have. Perhaps, as a publisher yourself, you have more insights. But, on the face of it, I'm not really convinced that they have as narrow a window as you suggest. Shrug. But I don't really know. So, there it is.AD</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lkj, post: 7657089, member: 18646"] While I see what you are saying, I don't really agree. If they are preparing to release an OGL, it seems perfectly natural to be working on the various trappings as well and not at all odd to release the parts of those trappings that might be useful to their customers. If they are going to release some sort of OGL, I wouldn't be surprised to see more signs and bits here and there as we approach the announcement. That said, I have no idea what sort of license they will release, and it might end up being nothing more than a 'fan sharing' template. I wouldn't be surprised to see any shade of gradation from the 'no real OGL' to a 'full OGL'. Just too many things I don't know to really make a good guess (internal politics, lawyers, business plans, etc.). On the same note, as for whether it's 'too late' or whether there's some insidious group inside the company trying to hobble any license, I couldn't say. It requires way too much speculation or inside knowledge or market information that I simply don't have. Perhaps, as a publisher yourself, you have more insights. But, on the face of it, I'm not really convinced that they have as narrow a window as you suggest. Shrug. But I don't really know. So, there it is. AD [/QUOTE]

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