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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 4316202" data-attributes="member: 20239">First, in order to use Ken's OGC, Bob still has to include some version of the OGL in his GSL product, so not only do you need 17), but you also need to amend the GSL to allow use of the OGL with GSL products.  And that's the point I was making all along.  People can always use your OGC, as long as they publish using the OGL, but if they are prevented from using the OGL, they have no access to your OGC.Second, this does nothing to harm Ken.  If Ken were worried about people using his OGC, he wouldn't have made it OGC in the first place.  What Ken is worried about (it seems) is whether Bob using his OGC in a GSL product makes it "not OGC" any longer.  It doesn't.  Anyone who wants to use Ken's OGC is entitled to use an earlier version of the OGL without these changes, including Ken.  None of those people are bound by the restrictions of the GSL because they've never agreed to it.The only one who might be in trouble here is Bob, since he's updating OGC that he has no control over and it might (probably will) continue to be published under the OGL, which by some readings of the GSL might violate his license.  But since, in this example, WotC just rewrote the OGL and the GSL to allow for that sort of thing, I'd say he's probably on pretty firm ground too.:edit to add: I agree with what Brown Jenkin wrote 100%.</blockquote>