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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 4314234" data-attributes="member: 20239">I think you're misunderstanding a couple of important distinctions.First, the GSL doesn't even mention OGC it only talks about updating products released under the OGL.  So it doesn't (and can't) grant any specific permission to update OGC (either yours or somebody else's).Second, if you release something as OGC, it still belongs to you, it is still your intellectual property.  You are granting people a perpetual, royalty-free license to use that intellectual property as OGC under the terms of the OGL, but you aren't giving up your right to claim it as yours.  If someone doesn't use the OGL to publish their book (either because they don't want to or because they are prevented from doing so by other license restrictions), they aren't granted that perpetual, royalty-free right to use your property.Outside the framework of the OGL, that "open" material you created isn't different than any other property you own.  If someone uses it outside that framework they are infringing on your copyrights just as much as if you'd never declared it OGC in the first place.WotC doesn't have the right to create a new license that just invalidates your ownership or your right to enforce the stipulations of the OGL on anyone using your property.  They are a party to the OGL just like Ken and Bob are and don't have any more right to unilaterally alter the agreement than Ken or Bob do.Part of the process of updating any OGL work to the GSL will be either expunging any 3rd party IP that was originally used as OGC through the OGL or getting special permission from the owner to use it through another license agreement.</blockquote>

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