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<blockquote data-quote="Alzrius" data-source="post: 6305058" data-attributes="member: 8461"><p>The problem is that that's even more restrictive than the GSL, at least in terms of print products. At least the GSL considers the license to have been agreed to once a company sends in its notice of registration, and they can start putting out products right away. Having to wait for WotC approval, especially if they're going to be as discriminating in what they agree to as you posit here, is going to kill the (print) market for compatibility even more quickly than the GSL did. </p><p></p><p>Likewise, at that level the entire point of an open license becomes moot. If it's going to descend to the level of individually-negotiated contracts, with no claim for universality of consideration or approval, then that's not really different from how things work normally: that company A proposes a mutual project to company B, some discussions are held, and a license for that specific project(s) might result. There's nothing inherently wrong with that system, but it gets away from the entire point of an open license - that it's open in the first place.</p><p></p><p>Moreover, the ripple effects of this will not be limited to print products; the larger publishers (who are the major print product makers) won't like their products being confined to the limbo of a slush pile, since that can wreak havoc with scheduling their releases (if they get to release them at all). The result won't be them splitting their work between D&D for PDF only and other RPGs for print materials - most companies seem to pick one RPG and stick to it - it'll be them abandoning D&D as a viable system for publishing compatible materials.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alzrius, post: 6305058, member: 8461"] The problem is that that's even more restrictive than the GSL, at least in terms of print products. At least the GSL considers the license to have been agreed to once a company sends in its notice of registration, and they can start putting out products right away. Having to wait for WotC approval, especially if they're going to be as discriminating in what they agree to as you posit here, is going to kill the (print) market for compatibility even more quickly than the GSL did. Likewise, at that level the entire point of an open license becomes moot. If it's going to descend to the level of individually-negotiated contracts, with no claim for universality of consideration or approval, then that's not really different from how things work normally: that company A proposes a mutual project to company B, some discussions are held, and a license for that specific project(s) might result. There's nothing inherently wrong with that system, but it gets away from the entire point of an open license - that it's open in the first place. Moreover, the ripple effects of this will not be limited to print products; the larger publishers (who are the major print product makers) won't like their products being confined to the limbo of a slush pile, since that can wreak havoc with scheduling their releases (if they get to release them at all). The result won't be them splitting their work between D&D for PDF only and other RPGs for print materials - most companies seem to pick one RPG and stick to it - it'll be them abandoning D&D as a viable system for publishing compatible materials. [/QUOTE]
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