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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 3981464" data-attributes="member: 2804">The existing OGL applies only to those rules that are designated open content under it specifically.WotC's new 4e stuff will not be open under the original OGL, but will be opened under a completely distinct and separate game license (which I won't refer to as the OGL to avoid confusion) with its own rules.From the perspective of the original OGL, 4e is completely closed content. However the existing open content is still open so M&M, Spycraft 2.0 and other original OGL based products ARE NOT AFFECTED by the new rules AT ALL. Their publishers can continue to publish those games under the original OGL.However, anyone wanting to publish anything that uses 4e content must abide by WotCs new license which we haven't seen yet. Though many fans may call this new license an OGL, it is not technically part of the original OGL unless WotC specifically designates it as such.That means clauses about people being able to use any version of the OGL, really mean that they can choose to ignore or adopt updates to the original OGL as they see fit. However, everything WotC does with 4e will be released under a distinct and separate license. Popular fandom may confusingly refer to it as the OGL, but they are not the same.</blockquote>