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<blockquote data-quote="Admiral Caine" data-source="post: 4097387" data-attributes="member: 60438">There has been an ongoing discussion about the GSL in the 4E News area that sprang out of this <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=220857" target="_blank">this specific thread</a>. Page 3 is perhaps one of the most relevant.<ol>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">What is the status of the GSL? What is a realistic date that it might be available to 3rd party companies?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Will 3rd Party Companies be able to create aspects of the game that are not available at the new Edition's launch? For example, if a setting is ripe with bards, but WOTC plans on releasing their official bard in a future work in 2009, will those companies be able to create their own version? This goes to the question of an existing setting's continuity.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">Will publishing under the GSL prohibit publication of older material under the OGL?</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ol">This is a fluff question (so it is the least priority of the three)- but does WOTC realize that the fans and the customers are very much in tune with the process, and have their own vested interests in the GSL. That is, do they understand that this is not something just between Wizard's and the Third Parties, but that the customers are involved too. We're the ones that make decisions on our purchasing habits, not the 3rd parties themselves.</li>
</ol>I am going to stop this post here and let the questions stand by themselves. In my following post I'll cover some of the standard replies that I've received already from other forum posters.Thank you in advance to Scott Rouse and Mike Lescault for their replies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Admiral Caine, post: 4097387, member: 60438"] There has been an ongoing discussion about the GSL in the 4E News area that sprang out of this [URL=http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=220857]this specific thread[/URL]. Page 3 is perhaps one of the most relevant. [list=1] [*]What is the status of the GSL? What is a realistic date that it might be available to 3rd party companies? [*]Will 3rd Party Companies be able to create aspects of the game that are not available at the new Edition's launch? For example, if a setting is ripe with bards, but WOTC plans on releasing their official bard in a future work in 2009, will those companies be able to create their own version? This goes to the question of an existing setting's continuity. [*]Will publishing under the GSL prohibit publication of older material under the OGL? [*]This is a fluff question (so it is the least priority of the three)- but does WOTC realize that the fans and the customers are very much in tune with the process, and have their own vested interests in the GSL. That is, do they understand that this is not something just between Wizard's and the Third Parties, but that the customers are involved too. We're the ones that make decisions on our purchasing habits, not the 3rd parties themselves. [/list] I am going to stop this post here and let the questions stand by themselves. In my following post I'll cover some of the standard replies that I've received already from other forum posters. Thank you in advance to Scott Rouse and Mike Lescault for their replies. [/QUOTE]

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