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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corjay" data-source="post: 4440585" data-attributes="member: 52839">I made no optimistic statement. I made a conditional statement. "Depends on" is a conditional.I beg to differ. There was simply internal debate over the wording of the license and tabling it was discussed. (I was keeping up with the lead up to 4e's release and all the stuff about the GSL, so I'm familiar with that much.)That's very speculative. The logic there seems to be that because the license was tightened up for 4e, it will be further tightened in 5e. My thought is that if they had any such intentions, they would be working it out sooner than later, as there is no fiscal reason for creating a 14 year transition. They either want it or they don't. I again beg to differ. When you look at the playtesting credits, there was clearly more input coming in than your limited circle. In fact, this is the most playtested game I have ever seen and they've been working on it for four years. That's a long time to come up with new ideas and innovations. Actually, I have seen every one of my own suggestions implemented in this edition, including my ideas for the license. Not everyone's ideas are going to fit with everyone else's. But what you just testified to is that your ideas were explored and over time they chose ideas that tested better. You're probably right. In fact, in the end it was slow going out the door because they could not come to a consensus. I have a feeling it has more to do with their legal department than the committee, because there was a whole lot of legal text in the GSL, whereas the OGL is virtually devoid of legal speak. I believe the weaseling to be coming from their contract division. That's my opinion and yours is your opinion, but I believe the legalese to be testifying to my viewpoint. I would be interested to hear any more that you would like to offer to support your view as it speaks to WOTC's motive. Regarding game mechanics, you are saying that WOTC listens to the fan base, but in regard to the GSL, you say they are being weaselly. I merely interpret the GSL to be a response to suggestions from those such as myself who said WOTC needed a tighter license that protects their bottom line, while an overzealous lawyer executed this instruction to the extreme.</blockquote>

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