GSL FAQ up

[Mark]

The FAQ means little without the license. If the license says one thing and the FAQ another, the license is what will be legally binding. I understand that a "license FAQ" is meant to give insight into how WotC would like a license to be interpreted, but if the license turns out to be less generous or contradictory to what is in the FAQ, it is the license that will be binding. I will continue to wait for the official license to make any decisions regarding the license.

 

[Piratecat]

This is the part that baffles me: no one has asked me to follow up on the last question. No one wants to know about my 4e character? Come on - I'm dying to tell you all about her!

I will be mightily amused if I have to ask you not to hijack the thread. Start a new one!

 

[lurkinglidda]

So was there ever a "poison pill" provision, or was the person who spoke to Clark misinformed or wrong?

It's meant to be a conversion clause, not a poison pill. In fact, I almost lost my breakfast when I saw the misinterpretation and how it mutated and spread.

We had a few pow-wows over the past two weeks to make sure we all had the same understanding of the clause. Turns out we didn't need to change a single word of the license.

 

[The Little Raven]

Turns out we didn't need to change a single word of the license.

Let's see if this bald-faced statement will cause the semantic song-and-dance people to abandon their "Linae is being deceptive by the way she said 'same doc'" nonsense and man up to being wrong.

 

[Voadam]

It's meant to be a conversion clause, not a poison pill. In fact, I almost lost my breakfast when I saw the misinterpretation and how it mutated and spread.

We had a few pow-wows over the past two weeks to make sure we all had the same understanding of the clause. Turns out we didn't need to change a single word of the license.

Does the conversion clause apply to pdf sales of old products?

Say for instance Necromancer makes its 4e Tome of Horrors as planned. Do they contractually have to stop offering their 3e tome of horrors books (and whatever else counts as the same product line) as pdfs?

If Goodman Games makes a 4e Dungeon Crawl Classic do they have to pull their 50+ DCC OGL line of pdfs from rpgnow?

 

[Voadam]

My statements are always written at face value. If anyone thinks there's room for misinterpretation or that my answers are ever unclear feel free to ask me to expound. I'll answer as best I can.

From http://www.enworld.org/showpost.php?p=4171443&postcount=17

I might end up saying this a lot over the next few days/weeks/months: We are absolutely confident in 4E - to the point that we are only producing 4e products ourselves from here on out.

I just want to verify, WotC does not plan to discontinue selling pdfs of old edition D&D products does it? I buy a couple most every month. There are still literally hundreds I'm interested in eventually picking up that I have not gotten yet.

 

[Wolfspider]

I just want to verify, WotC does not plan to discontinue selling pdfs of old edition D&D products does it? I buy a couple most every month. There are still literally hundreds I'm interested in eventually picking up that I have not gotten yet.

I am also in the process of completing my pdf collection. I would hate to be unable to pick up the books that I lack....

 

[AZRogue]

It's meant to be a conversion clause, not a poison pill. In fact, I almost lost my breakfast when I saw the misinterpretation and how it mutated and spread.

We had a few pow-wows over the past two weeks to make sure we all had the same understanding of the clause. Turns out we didn't need to change a single word of the license.

Gaming. It's serious business.

I just wanted to say thanks again for the clarification on the GSL. While it may not be as open as before and not as open as some (including me) would like, it is more than enough for me to get the products I want, so for that I am very grateful. The effort to continue third party publishing as a means to enrich our DnD games is much appreciated.

 

[Voadam]

Linae, along those same lines, any word on the GSL termination clauses? The GSL has been said to be revocable.

3e d20 products the plan as I understand it is to update the d20 license to terminate it and allow them to be sold as OGL products if they cover up the d20 logo. OGL products are independent of WotC control absent their owners agreeing to such control such as through the GSL's conversion clause.

However if the GSL is revoked what happens to those 4e products made under the license? There is no OGL for them to be turned to if they cover up the new d20 license.

As a consumer I'm interested in the availability of products even after new editions are created.

 

[Piratecat]

Does the conversion clause apply to pdf sales of old products?

Say for instance Necromancer makes its 4e Tome of Horrors as planned. Do they contractually have to stop offering their 3e tome of horrors books (and whatever else counts as the same product line) as pdfs?

If Goodman Games makes a 4e Dungeon Crawl Classic do they have to pull their 50+ DCC OGL line of pdfs from rpgnow?

My understanding is that it absolutely does. So Necromancer can't offer 3e ToH pdfs if they have a 4e ToH, and Goodman would have to make a 4e line of modules that aren't in the DCC line.