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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Xyxox" data-source="post: 4368814" data-attributes="member: 16542">The only 4E products you'll be able to purchase will be put out by WotC or directly approved through WotC via the mechanisms of the GSL. Under 3.x, WotC had no approval process for third party products released under the OGL and very little in the way of an approval process for products released under the d20 license. In other words, WotC will completely drive the direction of all products for 4E via the GSL. This was simply not the case for 3.x, nor will it ever be.If you're okay with that limitation, then 4E would seem to be a good buy for you. I prefer keeping options open, so 4E is not a good purchase for me, at least at this time.With games, there is very little that can be termed to violate copyright law. Even "mind flayers" is questionable, hence WiotC's movement towards using "Illithid" almost exclusively. Certainly trademarks such as "Forgotten Realms" and "Dragonlance" cannot be violated, but in terms of copyright so long as I don't quote published material verbatim, gaming mechanics cannot be considered to fall under the heading of copyright once a game is made public. I can't present the mechanics in the same manner as WotC, but then again, why would I want to?Actually, no, you can't. You can produce material that is usable with 4E, but you cannot proclaim it is usable with 4E. That violates trademark, unless you ahve licensed that with WotC which is the purpose of the GSL.So, I can proclaim to the world that something I produce is usable with the d20 SRD and is OGL. I cannot say the same about material for 4E unless I am producing it under the auspices fo the GSL.</blockquote>

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