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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 2986761" data-attributes="member: 9053">My other question in this area comes in terms of the OGL. A lot of comment has come around the idea that 4E won't be open any more. I see that as a strong possibility.My question is that since the OGL is a forever license, wouldn't wotc have to make some pretty serious changes to the game in order to not be using open game mechanics? What I mean by this is that if we use our same ability scores: str, int, wis, dex, con and cha, and the same rating system with a range of 3-18 and ability bonuses, all of that content is open and if joe publisher wants to keep using it, there's nothing that can be done about it.Now if the change was made to just using ability bonuses, based around a zero average, it's too bad, because those rules are also already open content through third party publishers.I guess what I'm saying is that if wotc were to want to "close" the system again, they'd actually have to make some significant changes to it in order to do so.Now they would, of course, have real legal representation on their behalf, but wouldn't enforcing a non-open use of mechanics created under an open source license really destroy the entire industry pretty effectively?So those more in the know, tell me how I'm wrong...--Steve</blockquote>