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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 4965919" data-attributes="member: 2642">But as was clear in the original context, and davethegame has since pointed out in this thread, there is currently no way to do this, because the GSL doesn't cover Web sites. And not in the sense of merely failing to mention them, but in the sense of explicitly excluding them. "[C]reate new stuff and post it on a fan site as long as it adheres to the GSL", therefore, is currently a contradiction in terms.This is what davethegame was trying to get clarified, and the WotC answers, unfortunately, completely failed to clarify it. (So in a sense the people saying this is no news are right, but it's still of considerably more interest than, say, "grass continues to be green", for one thing because an opportunity for there to be news on this front was not taken.)It's a bit encouraging, but far from maximally helpful, that WotC characterizes such material as merely "not expressly authorized by Wizards at this time" rather than coming right out and saying "no really, don't do this". But it remains quite possible to read the combination of the GSL and the Web site policy as disallowing any fan creations of any consequence.My own reading of the situation is that there's a largely unspoken gentleman's agreement in place that, while WotC could go after any fan site it wanted to, they won't as long as no-one flagrantly violates their IP as some of the card generators and such have done. (For one thing, that's just about the only conceivable difference between "not expressly authorized" and just plain "not authorized".) But that's not something I would stake my freedom or livelihood on.</blockquote>

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