So is the OGL alive?

[sophist]

I spent this afternoon try to find out what will happen to the OGL and d20 3.x SRD ....

WHat is definitive, is that the d20 STL will run out in 6 months. WIll that mean that the 3.5 SRD is no longer avaible, too? Or will it no longer be called d20? or is all that will happen that I cant use some stupid marketing logo?

As for the OGL, will it be withdrawn? I read a lot about OGL outliving GSL, but that seems to be pure conjecture? And how and one put 3.5 material on the website withou the OGL? I also heard the OGL might be extended for Pazio to Publish Pathfinder, but will that mean we find the SRD on Pazios Website?

Well enough questions for now, I hope there are some definitive awnsers. From What i read, the 3.5DRD and OGL will be here for good, but but that seems to be just my own interpretaion and I am unsure its just wishful thinking....

 

[kcmopd1913]

I spent this afternoon try to find out what will happen to the OGL and d20 3.x SRD ....

WHat is definitive, is that the d20 STL will run out in 6 months. WIll that mean that the 3.5 SRD is no longer avaible, too? Or will it no longer be called d20? or is all that will happen that I cant use some stupid marketing logo?....

The d20 STL is gone and so is the logo that you got to use. The 6 months is to sell off back stock from what I understood.

As for the OGL, will it be withdrawn? I read a lot about OGL outliving GSL, but that seems to be pure conjecture? And how and one put 3.5 material on the website withou the OGL? I also heard the OGL might be extended for Pazio to Publish Pathfinder, but will that mean we find the SRD on Pazios Website?....

The OGL cannot be withdrawn as it is a license that cannot be revoked, though it is no longer available on the WoTC website, at least I could not find it. You can find the license and the 3.5 SRD at www.d20srd.org.

 

[sophist]

In fact, I was worried that sites like d20srd might go away.

I was planning on making variant/optional rules for 4E, but as soon as I read the GSL, that plan went down the drain.

So now I am back to the 3E drawing board, so maybe i will want to put some homegrown variant on my website, so I need the SRD3.5 and OGL to stay.

Now I am positive i can do it without getting any legal trouble.

 

[Walking Dad]

The old SRD's are still on the wizard's page:

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20/article/srdarchive

You can find the above page by selecting 'archive' on the GSL page.