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<blockquote data-quote="dmccoy1693" data-source="post: 4417297" data-attributes="member: 51747">Dungeon and Dragon licenses, Dragonlance license.&nbsp; Clark (Orcus) said that if you think that the ending of those licenses was a mere expiring of the licenses and just a business transation with no hurt feelings involved, guess again.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;Ending competition.&nbsp; Increasing their market share.&nbsp; Getting rid of other brand names making D&amp;D the only recognizible brand name left.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;The OP asked &quot;What is it about the GSL that is really a deal breaker?&quot;&nbsp; As a freelancer and as someone who has done serious investigation into starting his own RPG company, I'm telling you what is a dealbreaker to me.&nbsp; Dismissing my concerns, because YOU don't feel that my concerns are a big deal, is counterproductive at best.&nbsp;Last year, I said that 4E was coming and would be announced at GenCon 07.&nbsp; People said I was crazy and pointed to WotC's comments at D&amp;D XP 07.&nbsp; I was right.&nbsp; I said the 4E license would be far more restrive and not be &quot;open&quot;.&nbsp; People said I was crazy and pointed to section 9 of the OGL as proof that 4E is going to be as open as 3.X.&nbsp; I was right.&nbsp; I said that one of the 5 major RPG 3PP companies (Paizo, GR, Goodman, Mongoose, Necro) would go out of business because of 4E.&nbsp; For all tense and purposes, Necro has.&nbsp; I'm Right Again.&nbsp; I predicted that WEG would be on the selling block.&nbsp; Right Again&nbsp;I apparently have a good read on the industry.&nbsp; I'm guessing that Wizards will put at least one of their major licensees out of business within three years.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dmccoy1693, post: 4417297, member: 51747"] Dungeon and Dragon licenses, Dragonlance license. Clark (Orcus) said that if you think that the ending of those licenses was a mere expiring of the licenses and just a business transation with no hurt feelings involved, guess again. Ending competition. Increasing their market share. Getting rid of other brand names making D&D the only recognizible brand name left. The OP asked "What is it about the GSL that is really a deal breaker?" As a freelancer and as someone who has done serious investigation into starting his own RPG company, I'm telling you what is a dealbreaker to me. Dismissing my concerns, because [b]YOU[/b] don't feel that my concerns are a big deal, is counterproductive at best. Last year, I said that 4E was coming and would be announced at GenCon 07. People said I was crazy and pointed to WotC's comments at D&D XP 07. [b]I was right.[/b] I said the 4E license would be far more restrive and not be "open". People said I was crazy and pointed to section 9 of the OGL as proof that 4E is going to be as open as 3.X. [b]I was right.[/b] I said that one of the 5 major RPG 3PP companies (Paizo, GR, Goodman, Mongoose, Necro) would go out of business because of 4E. For all tense and purposes, Necro has. [b]I'm Right Again.[/b] I predicted that WEG would be on the selling block. [b]Right Again[/b] I apparently have a good read on the industry. I'm guessing that Wizards will put at least one of their major licensees out of business within three years. [/QUOTE]

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