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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 4622665" data-attributes="member: 2732"><p>I disagree with that because of the following.</p><p></p><p>1) Note that the big publishers are avoiding referencing the OGL altogether for 4e compatible products. Those that are still publishing 3.x compatible rules are still using the OGL.</p><p></p><p>2) The GSL exists for 4e compatible rules, so there is a legal license available, though more restrictive.</p><p></p><p>3) Based on the GSL's statement about the OGL, I suspect that WoTC will want to prevent the OGL from being used for "conversion" purposes. They won't care about general copyright, which is a much tougher battle for them, but any attempt to take the OGL and "force" 4e rules to be converted to OGL will be fought vigorously in court. </p><p></p><p>I think Lawyers see this possibility. Necromancer's Clark Peterson was concerned about OSRIC not being that defensible in court, and I think Troll Lord chose the smarter route for "old school" compatibility (that is, start with the SRD as a base, not release rules not based on the SRD and just using OGL for things like game names, etc). I think the only reason OSRIC has been untouched is that it's a small press thing. If somebody tries to use the OSRIC method to "reverse engineer 4e", they are asking for a lawsuit. I think Wizards will see this as trying to take copyright and turn it into "copyleft", and any attempt to use the OGL against new products which are not published under that license will be defended to prevent this scenario.</p><p></p><p>Also, Ryan Dancey actually stated that he was concerned that if Wizards actually tried to put this stuff and make the argument that RPGs are more "books" than "games", because of the complex rules, verbage, etc., that precedent could be set for RPGs to be put in a different category than games under the law. I still think this could happen.</p><p></p><p>I suspect practical publishers will do the "copyright neutral" method of publication for 4e.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 4622665, member: 2732"] I disagree with that because of the following. 1) Note that the big publishers are avoiding referencing the OGL altogether for 4e compatible products. Those that are still publishing 3.x compatible rules are still using the OGL. 2) The GSL exists for 4e compatible rules, so there is a legal license available, though more restrictive. 3) Based on the GSL's statement about the OGL, I suspect that WoTC will want to prevent the OGL from being used for "conversion" purposes. They won't care about general copyright, which is a much tougher battle for them, but any attempt to take the OGL and "force" 4e rules to be converted to OGL will be fought vigorously in court. I think Lawyers see this possibility. Necromancer's Clark Peterson was concerned about OSRIC not being that defensible in court, and I think Troll Lord chose the smarter route for "old school" compatibility (that is, start with the SRD as a base, not release rules not based on the SRD and just using OGL for things like game names, etc). I think the only reason OSRIC has been untouched is that it's a small press thing. If somebody tries to use the OSRIC method to "reverse engineer 4e", they are asking for a lawsuit. I think Wizards will see this as trying to take copyright and turn it into "copyleft", and any attempt to use the OGL against new products which are not published under that license will be defended to prevent this scenario. Also, Ryan Dancey actually stated that he was concerned that if Wizards actually tried to put this stuff and make the argument that RPGs are more "books" than "games", because of the complex rules, verbage, etc., that precedent could be set for RPGs to be put in a different category than games under the law. I still think this could happen. I suspect practical publishers will do the "copyright neutral" method of publication for 4e. [/QUOTE]
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