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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5706210" data-attributes="member: 22779">No thanks.  If they make the rules OGL, then A) 5e can't use any rules from 4e and B)4e will be immedietely stripped from the DDI.Thing is, with the DDI, there's no reason not to leave it on there.  They can't put 3e into the DDI because it's OGL and that won't play well with the subscription model (any OGL material can immediately be copied by someone else and presented for free) and, frankly, it would cost more than it would be worth to input all that material into the DDI since it most likely isn't in a format that can be directly imported.OTOH, 4e already is IN the DDI.  It doesn't require anything and can sit there, quite nicely forever.  So long as people continue to subscribe and click that "4e campaign" tab, they'll leave it up.  It would be foolish not to.The thing about the DDI is that you no longer need to sell PHB's to keep your edition afloat.  So long as people keep paying you a subscription rate, it's more than worth your while to keep it available.  It doesn't steal from new subscriptions - after all, they don't care what you play, so long as you subscribe.My prediction is that when 5e does eventually come out, there will be a tab in the DDI for switching between rules sets.  Since the work for 4e will already be done, there's no reason to drop it.</blockquote>