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Message: <blockquote data-quote="see" data-source="post: 4198287" data-attributes="member: 10531">It's rather unfortunate that GSL drafts weren't released early and often.  It is difficult for the drafting party of any agreement to look at it from a genuine non-drafter perspective; it will often contain some provision that, after discussion, both parties would agree needs to be changed.  These issues are identified when the non-drafter sees the agreement and notices an onerous provision, and then are resolved through negotiation between the two parties.In the case of a general public license, these issues are only identified when a draft is presented to the general public, and the substitute for private negotiations is public feedback followed by revisions and more feedback.  See the histories of, for example, the Netscape Public License/Mozilla Public License, the BSD license (credit provisions), the Apple Public Source License, the GNU General Public License version 3.The GSL has remained hidden in the WotC/Hasbro cloister, and that has not stopped bad PR from rumors and public controversy.  It has only prevented any outside vetting that could catch problems in the license.  It was and still is a mistake.</blockquote>