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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wyrmshadows" data-source="post: 4371912" data-attributes="member: 56166">Scribble, the problem is that the GSL is designed to help kill off the OGL by not allowing 3pps to go back. Killing off the OGL is a <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> thing for fans who have been loyal WoTC customers and still love 3.5/OGL games and an unforunate position to put 3pps into. There isn't one 3pp who wouldn't happily create 4e products if there wasn't the threat of the GSL being revoked or changed any time. MOre 3pps creating adventures and settings for 4e makes for more 4e customers. I can see the GSL not allowing 3pps to create entire games off the 4e rules as happend with the SRD under the OGL. NO one is asking WoTC to help create its own competition. However there is a difference between that and attemting to kill off the OGL altogether by not even allowing 3pps to make supplements that support 4e and 3.5e (or whatever d20 game system one chooses). I think it is anti-gaming community to attempt to put the OGL genie back in the bottle and sad that WoTC, the company that created the OGL, is attempting to orchestrate its death. And you ask "Why not just create some other IP?" Easier said than done my friend. Creating a major release such as a flagship setting is very hard work. Its fun but its difficult. Its hard in regards to time input and in terms of creative energy. Of course one could create some adventures for 4e because they are just one-offs but major IP release under the GSL is IMO an unwise move. I'm not saying that it isn't within WoTC's rights to create a restrictive GSL but it is equally within the bounds of copyright law for 3pps to legally skirt the GSL so long as they don't tread on WoTC's IP in a way that goes beyond that allowed by law. Thumb my nose at WoTC??? No, maintain control of my hard work despite the whims of a corporation that, naturally, doesn't have my best interest in mind. You are going to get people thumbing their nose at WoTC BECAUSE of the GSL because it leaves a bad taste in the mouth of many who would have otherwise supported 4e.   Wyrmshadows</blockquote>

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