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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wicht" data-source="post: 4746309" data-attributes="member: 221">I'm not sure that anyone would really, if they were honest, think that the GSL was a sign of leadership nor that it was in any way on par with the OGL.  If anything, the differences between the mentality that took us a year to even see the GSL and the mentality that gave us the OGL are indicative of the change in WotC's thinking.  Sure Paizo is making a compatibility license but they are also using the OGL.  WotC showed (past tense) game companies that this was a good thing and the OGL promoted the welfare of the game industry as a whole.  So, Paizo is allowing a compatiblity license (and some might compare that to the GSL) but their game rules are OGL and anyone can use them in a book regardless of whether they sign the compatibility license.  But the GSL is a completely different animal.  The 4th edition rules are not OGL and WotC want to be clear that you are playing in the market at the whim of WotC and they can take their ball away from you at any time.  Of course, as we have been told repeatedly, they would never do such a thing.  The PR would be horrible.  So, WotC was an industry leader and game companies still benefit from that era, nobody would argue otherwise, but they are not actively, as a corporation, trying to promote the welfare of other companies at the moment.  They are concerned in the main with themselves.  This does not affect players up front.  As has been pointed out, WotC is working to help players have access to their game and have fun doing it.  But as far as other companies go, you don't see a lot of concern on the part of the corporation for their welfare.Out of curiousity, for those in the know, Stan! said that WotC would give seminars to help other companies run better in the past.  When did these stop?</blockquote>

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