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<blockquote data-quote="thecasualoblivion" data-source="post: 4369871" data-attributes="member: 59096">There are two main issues with this as I see it:1. Control--Some people want full control over what they produce. 3rd party game design isn't really the sort of thing that lends itself well to having full control. I think people got a little spoiled by the OGL. WotC actually lost a degree of control over their game because of the OGL, and was the major reason 4E is GSL only IMO. In the end, it is their game.2. Dungeons and Dragons--One of the things that happened with the OGL was the mindset that you could consider your own creation its own game. For example, the creator of Pathfinder could consider Pathfinder its own game, instead of D&amp;D. The GSL is for producing D&amp;D material, period. If you can accept the mindset that you will be producing a D&amp;D supplement, the GSL can work for you. Again, I think WotC wants people to publish D&amp;D books instead of their own systems using what WotC created, and I think people got a little spoiled by the OGL in this regard(again).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thecasualoblivion, post: 4369871, member: 59096"] There are two main issues with this as I see it: 1. Control--Some people want full control over what they produce. 3rd party game design isn't really the sort of thing that lends itself well to having full control. I think people got a little spoiled by the OGL. WotC actually lost a degree of control over their game because of the OGL, and was the major reason 4E is GSL only IMO. In the end, it is their game. 2. Dungeons and Dragons--One of the things that happened with the OGL was the mindset that you could consider your own creation its own game. For example, the creator of Pathfinder could consider Pathfinder its own game, instead of D&D. The GSL is for producing D&D material, period. If you can accept the mindset that you will be producing a D&D supplement, the GSL can work for you. Again, I think WotC wants people to publish D&D books instead of their own systems using what WotC created, and I think people got a little spoiled by the OGL in this regard(again). [/QUOTE]

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