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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ourph" data-source="post: 4316940" data-attributes="member: 20239">A new version of the OGL doesn't have any impact on products published with the GSL unless WotC alters the GSL to allow publication of a product under both licenses.This is what I've been saying all along.  I never said that Ken's OGC won't necessarily show up in Bob's 4e product, just that Bob can't do that without including some version of the OGL in his product.  As things stand right now, that can't happen, because the GSL specifically says you can't use it in conjunction with another license.  If you posit a reversal of that restriction in the GSL, of course what I'm saying doesn't apply.The GSL requires you to obtain appropriate permission for any 3rd party IP you are using.  In order to use someone else's OGC that means including the OGL in your product.  None of the changes you propose above change that in any way.  The only change that makes any difference is WotC allowing someone to use the GSL and OGL at the same time for the same product.I completely agree, but this isn't contradicting anything I've been saying.If what you are positing happens, then nothing really changes for Ken.  Bob is still using his OGC as OGC by the terms of the OGL.  Of course, since you can use any version of the OGL you want, Ken and everyone else can still use that OGC in other OGL products, using an earlier version of the OGL, without including the GSL.  In the situation you propose, it looks like the only person whose rights are limited in any way is Bob.</blockquote>

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