Raven Crowking
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Delta said:The philosophy behind Open Gaming had some pretty simple criteria:
( http://opengamingfoundation.org/licenses.html )
It's pretty clear that the new GSL will fail these criteria. (1) It won't be able to be "freely copied" (free meaning "as in freedom") because, for example, we know some people will be allowed to use it in June 2008 while most are prohibited until January 2009. (2) We know that the GSL will include the old d20 System "quality standards" requirement, which includes a termination clause on the part of WOTC.
The OGL was pretty carefully written so as to make it impossible to ever change it in a way that violated these principles. It's not like it's some kind of accident that WOTC just decided to rename it & change all the contents.
That's why the GSL is not an Open Gaming license.
Absolutely.
An that's why, when WotC reps told us that 4e would be published under an OGL, they were (once more) blowing smoke in our faces.
RC