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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 5769735" data-attributes="member: 7006">The one reason why I don't think we'll see an OGL as open as the 3rd edition one is that I don't think WotC would want a game that allows a 3PP to create a game like Mutants & Masterminds out of it-- a game that was based upon the rules and trappings of D&D so you got a bunch of people to buy into trying it out... but was different enough from it that you didn't have any reason to buy the D&D Player's Handbook to play it.So this ended up being a genuine case of WotC creating a market and a marketing campaign for Green Ronin that didn't actually net them any money.  Green Ronin created a 'D&D superhero game' that you didn't need D&D to run.Any OGL or GSL in the future will keep that kind of thing shut off.  And if they can't shut that kind of thing off... then I don't think they'll have another OGL/GSL.***That being said... there actually is one final way (as was touched on above) that I think WotC might be willing to open things up-- by charging fees to the 3PPs and/or customers to include OGL content in the DDI tools.  If they could charge players like an extra .25 a month to their DDI subscription to "unlock" 3PP customized character generation content in the new Character Builder (or likewise charge fees to include new 3PP monsters into the Monster Builder) maybe that would inspire them to open up the OGL.  Because at least then they get some money out of the people who don't want to buy the WotC products and buy the 3PP products instead.</blockquote>

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