wedgeski
Adventurer
I honestly do not see a license as permissive as the OGL coming out of WotC for the next edition. There's no better argument against OGLv2 than the Pathfinder Core Rules book; I'm sure it's the talisman that represents a lot of what went "wrong" with 4E to the guys holding the money and they'll want to do everything they can to recover control of their brand.
My own opinion is that we'll see a 4E GSL-type license, but released much earlier and in stronger partnership with prospective licensees, resulting in a few high-profile 3PP releases in support of the next edition (I think the 4E GSL might well have worked that way itself if not for the utter train-wreck that was its release).
If they open the digital tools at all, the license will almost certainly have to be higher-tier to support the overhead of validating and integrating third-party data into the back-end.
My own opinion is that we'll see a 4E GSL-type license, but released much earlier and in stronger partnership with prospective licensees, resulting in a few high-profile 3PP releases in support of the next edition (I think the 4E GSL might well have worked that way itself if not for the utter train-wreck that was its release).
If they open the digital tools at all, the license will almost certainly have to be higher-tier to support the overhead of validating and integrating third-party data into the back-end.