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<blockquote data-quote="GVDammerung" data-source="post: 4204913" data-attributes="member: 33060">Quote:Originally Posted by GVDammerungThe GSL could be used as a sort of &quot;bait and switch&quot; to get companies away from 3x, then close out the 4e GSL and offer nothing to replace it.&nbsp; Meaning no offense but I anticipate that day to be sometime in the 2012/2013 range when 5th Edition is released.&nbsp; I believe 5e will be completely closed after 4e puts the OGL genie as far back in the bottle as possible.&nbsp; I do not mean to ascribe such an intent to you personally but my theory is simple - one does not build a weapon, or insert a legal right, unless one has some thought about using it.&nbsp; The 4e GSL could have been non-revocable.&nbsp; Its not and its not for some reason; that reason, by one measure or another, is it seems some unhappiness with the way the original OGL worked out.&nbsp; As the GSL is not open in the sense the OGL was/is, I suspect that unhappiness had to do with the open nature of the OGL, as that is a clear &quot;fix&quot; the GSL implements with the GSL revocation provision. I could be wrong; matters could play out differently, but I do not think they will.&nbsp; Those celebrating the GSL are, I believe, celebrating the end of open gaming in any true sense of the word &quot;open.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GVDammerung, post: 4204913, member: 33060"] Quote: Originally Posted by GVDammerung The GSL could be used as a sort of "bait and switch" to get companies away from 3x, then close out the 4e GSL and offer nothing to replace it. Meaning no offense but I anticipate that day to be sometime in the 2012/2013 range when 5th Edition is released. I believe 5e will be completely closed after 4e puts the OGL genie as far back in the bottle as possible. I do not mean to ascribe such an intent to you personally but my theory is simple - one does not build a weapon, or insert a legal right, unless one has some thought about using it. The 4e GSL could have been non-revocable. Its not and its not for some reason; that reason, by one measure or another, is it seems some unhappiness with the way the original OGL worked out. As the GSL is not open in the sense the OGL was/is, I suspect that unhappiness had to do with the open nature of the OGL, as that is a clear "fix" the GSL implements with the GSL revocation provision. I could be wrong; matters could play out differently, but I do not think they will. Those celebrating the GSL are, I believe, celebrating the end of open gaming in any true sense of the word "open." [/QUOTE]

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