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<blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 6526807" data-attributes="member: 22424"><p>I really can't see WotC going with any license that requires pre-approval. The problem with doing so is that then they need to employ someone to do the approving. But there's no money in it, so either WotC are going to take the financial hit themselves (yeah, right), or the third-party company needs to pay a fee/royalties for the right to do so. But either the fee would need to be so low that, effectively, WotC are paying for it, or it would be so high as to effectively kill third-party publishing.</p><p></p><p>However, neither can I see WotC going with the OGL again. Once bitten, twice shy, and all that.</p><p></p><p>Which means that my best guess is that we'll see something more like the GSL - a license that allows for the creation of certain things (probably adventures and not much else), and allows products to be marked with a designated logo, and which doesn't require any pre-approval but does have some enforcement clauses so WotC can have problematic items pulled if and when they spot a problem.</p><p></p><p>I further expect such a license to be about as popular as the GSL was - that is, some people will use it, but not many.</p><p></p><p>All of that assumes we see a license at all. It's fair to say I have my doubts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="delericho, post: 6526807, member: 22424"] I really can't see WotC going with any license that requires pre-approval. The problem with doing so is that then they need to employ someone to do the approving. But there's no money in it, so either WotC are going to take the financial hit themselves (yeah, right), or the third-party company needs to pay a fee/royalties for the right to do so. But either the fee would need to be so low that, effectively, WotC are paying for it, or it would be so high as to effectively kill third-party publishing. However, neither can I see WotC going with the OGL again. Once bitten, twice shy, and all that. Which means that my best guess is that we'll see something more like the GSL - a license that allows for the creation of certain things (probably adventures and not much else), and allows products to be marked with a designated logo, and which doesn't require any pre-approval but does have some enforcement clauses so WotC can have problematic items pulled if and when they spot a problem. I further expect such a license to be about as popular as the GSL was - that is, some people will use it, but not many. All of that assumes we see a license at all. It's fair to say I have my doubts. [/QUOTE]
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