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<blockquote data-quote="Bacris" data-source="post: 5495196" data-attributes="member: 42502"><p>As a publisher who dabbled in publishing in 4E by using the OGL instead of the GSL, I can tell you that going outside of the GSL made me hesitant. Additionally, since I don't play 4E, my expertise into the game was virtually non-existant, so I had to take other people's words for the balance level of the content, something I don't like to do.</p><p></p><p>I will say that I agree with dmccoy1693 about the "not nice." Whether or not it's legal, WotC put out the GSL specifically for 4E. While it is perfectly legal to publish under another license, or simply via copyright law, it's not "nice" compared to the expectation of the system developer. During the day of 3.5, I was on fairly good terms with a few of the folks over at WotC... sidestepping the license they put out for publishers because I could take another legal course just didn't sit well with me. That, along with the other reasons I mentioned above, are a large part of why Dreamscarred Press currently does not produce material for 4E (although they are not the only reasons). </p><p></p><p>Sure, we CAN publish outside the GSL, but it just doesn't feel RIGHT to do so. In dmccoy1693's words - it feels like I'm not playing nice with WotC by doing that.</p><p></p><p>You may feel differently, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I get where he's coming from.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bacris, post: 5495196, member: 42502"] As a publisher who dabbled in publishing in 4E by using the OGL instead of the GSL, I can tell you that going outside of the GSL made me hesitant. Additionally, since I don't play 4E, my expertise into the game was virtually non-existant, so I had to take other people's words for the balance level of the content, something I don't like to do. I will say that I agree with dmccoy1693 about the "not nice." Whether or not it's legal, WotC put out the GSL specifically for 4E. While it is perfectly legal to publish under another license, or simply via copyright law, it's not "nice" compared to the expectation of the system developer. During the day of 3.5, I was on fairly good terms with a few of the folks over at WotC... sidestepping the license they put out for publishers because I could take another legal course just didn't sit well with me. That, along with the other reasons I mentioned above, are a large part of why Dreamscarred Press currently does not produce material for 4E (although they are not the only reasons). Sure, we CAN publish outside the GSL, but it just doesn't feel RIGHT to do so. In dmccoy1693's words - it feels like I'm not playing nice with WotC by doing that. You may feel differently, and there's nothing wrong with that, but I get where he's coming from. [/QUOTE]
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