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<blockquote data-quote="PatrickLawinger" data-source="post: 4321345" data-attributes="member: 2735">I guess my point was that each publisher has to decide this on their own. A majority of the truly vitriolic posts here and on other message boards are not from publishers.Yes, portions of the GSL are not favorable, several publishers are already discussing those with WotC. In the end, it will come down to how badly WotC really wants the larger 3rd party publishers to adopt the GSL, and, for those that do, how fully they'll commit to it. WotC WILL have to answer some of those questions quite clearly and in a legally binding fashion to get some of those publishers involved.Questions and discussions by fans about how to bypass the GSL, or outright flames against Scott, Linae, or WotC in general are not helping.The GSL is a license, it is not &quot;open gaming.&quot; This is clearly an adjustment publishers and fans need to make. I have worked under license agreements in the past and the GSL, while not what I would like to see, is not that bad. I wouldn't call it &quot;good&quot; either, but that is just my opinion. I don't know if I would agree to it as-is, except to publish only more generic adventures and players' material. *I* wouldn't spend a lot of money and effort on a full blown 4e setting with the risks of somehow losing the ability to publish or use that work in the future. I am guessing you'll see plenty of the 3rd party publishers involved and that their product lines will be very &quot;generic&quot; but clearly identified as separate from any other product lines.Patrick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PatrickLawinger, post: 4321345, member: 2735"] I guess my point was that each publisher has to decide this on their own. A majority of the truly vitriolic posts here and on other message boards are not from publishers. Yes, portions of the GSL are not favorable, several publishers are already discussing those with WotC. In the end, it will come down to how badly WotC really wants the larger 3rd party publishers to adopt the GSL, and, for those that do, how fully they'll commit to it. WotC WILL have to answer some of those questions quite clearly and in a legally binding fashion to get some of those publishers involved. Questions and discussions by fans about how to bypass the GSL, or outright flames against Scott, Linae, or WotC in general are not helping. The GSL is a license, it is not "open gaming." This is clearly an adjustment publishers and fans need to make. I have worked under license agreements in the past and the GSL, while not what I would like to see, is not that bad. I wouldn't call it "good" either, but that is just my opinion. I don't know if I would agree to it as-is, except to publish only more generic adventures and players' material. *I* wouldn't spend a lot of money and effort on a full blown 4e setting with the risks of somehow losing the ability to publish or use that work in the future. I am guessing you'll see plenty of the 3rd party publishers involved and that their product lines will be very "generic" but clearly identified as separate from any other product lines. Patrick [/QUOTE]

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