GSL FAQ up

[jedrious]

FAQ Link

The Poison Pill Rumors are wrong

 

[Moon-Lancer]

Can anyone explain to me how its not a poison pill, it seems to skirt the issue of how its not a poison pill. It seems to me to be a more localized poison pill rather then poisoning the well its poisoning the drink.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding?

 

[NebtheNever]

I simply don't see how it is a poison pill. A company can produce products under the 4e GSL and the 3e OGL.

 

[ppaladin123]

This seems very reasonable. Everyone got upset for nothing.

 

[Festivus]

I wonder if Paizo will be forced to destroy any back issues they might still have. Were those magazines d20? They most certainly were not OGL. Perhaps something entirely different?

Anyhow, d20 is the only thing dying here according to that document. OGL and GSL both remain. Makes me happy that it's by product line as well, that means that we might still see some good stuff from Paizo for 4E.

 

[Irda Ranger]

Can anyone explain to me how its not a poison pill, it seems to skirt the issue of how its not a poison pill. It seems to me to be a more localized poison pill rather then poisoning the well its poisoning the drink.

Perhaps I am misunderstanding?

No, you're right. Lots of things are "poison pills", it's just bad marketing to use the term. Even the Wall St. "poison pill" is really called a "Stockholders' Rights Agreement." Doesn't that sound nicer?

Frankly though the only thing this prevents is some third party straddling the fence with a particular setting book; like releasing a Lankmar with NPCs statted out for both 3.5 and 4E (or with both PrC's and Paragon Paths). If a publisher releases a new book or line he just has to pick whether it's going to be a 3.5 book or a 4E book.

 

[Filcher]

The d20 STL was supposed to die. That won't be news to anyone at Paizo. (Do they even use the d20 STL on any of their products any more? It lost all consequence years ago.)

No PP here, as best I can tell. We chicken little'd it.

 

[I'm A Banana]

Heck yeah we did.

It's always nice when I see that WotC is as smart as I think they are.

 

[Rechan]

I think this is only problematic for folks like say, Sinister Adventures, who want to release a d20, Trued20, someothersystem and 4e version conversion of their rules as PDFs.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Heck yeah we did.

It's always nice when I see that WotC is as smart as I think they are.

I think it is just sad that when I TPP releases something new they HAVE to choose either 3 or 4 E. It would be better for everyone (maybe apart from WotC) if you could publish, say, and adventure path series .pdf which you could DL as 3E or 4E. It would maximise profits for the TPP (converting all the bits wouldn't be to hard IMO) and mean that whatever edition you are playing you could use that AP if you wanted.
I think it is reasonable for WotC but a bit sad.
So now I gotta hope that most TPPs convert to 4E