WOTC, Scott, Where in the World is the GSL

[kenmarable]

I just had an image of Scott Rouse in a puffy shirt hurling balls of fire into a screaming, scattering group of be-suited minions with briefcases.

HE IS LIKE UNTO A GOD!

"I am a beautiful animal! I am a destroyer of worlds! I am The @#%$ing Rouse!"
And, dear reader, at last, the world was quiet.

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

"I am a beautiful animal! I am a destroyer of worlds! I am The @#%$ing Rouse!"
And, dear reader, at last, the world was quiet.

I am a rocketized anvil!

 

[Ranger REG]

I would be interested to see if they pull the $5K buy-in.

AFAIK, the 5K wasn't there to make WotC any money ... it was there specifically to keep small-press publishers from producing lots of product.

Riiight.

So, WotC will reimburse the $5K when the GSL and SRD are freely available for use by the public in 2009, right?

 

[Erik Mona]

No one has paid the $5000 fee yet.

 

[Lizard]

No one has paid the $5000 fee yet.

Do you think anyone will, at this point?

 

[Umbran]

So, WotC will reimburse the $5K when the GSL and SRD are freely available for use by the public in 2009, right?

It does not follow that failing to return the money means the maneuver was really about the $5K.

 

[Cergorach]

Do you think anyone will, at this point?

Necromancer very well might. They are one of the few companies that have an edge (also known as a vampirc rodent ;-) in 4E, they might not have a problem with the short time to publish. And to be honest a lot of companies might already have the 'fluff' parts of their products worked out, only thing missing is the 'crunch'.

I get the feeling that the GSL might not happen, I'm curious what folks would do then, especially the 3rd party publishers like Necromancer (maybe Necro could get an independant agrement, others could probably not get that).

 

[Jack99]

Do you think anyone will, at this point?

Well, I am no publisher, nor knows anyone in the business, but when I canceled my Paizo subscriptions, I got a letter from their customer service, which seemed to imply that Paizo still planned on doing 4e products, when they had seen the GSL (depending on how it was ofc). Ofc, this doesn't mean they will pony up $5k, but it doesn't rule it out either.

Cheers

 

[Erik Mona]

We're still interested in seeing the GSL, and depending upon the structure of the deal we might still be willing to pay an advance fee for an exclusivity period.

I'm sure many of the publishers who were on the conference call would feel the same way, again pending the details of the agreement and the terms of the license.

--Erik Mona
Publisher
Paizo Publishing, LLC

 

[Orcus]

Do you think anyone will, at this point?

I still plan on paying the buy-in. I would hope they would consider extending the period or perhaps reducing the total buy-in, but that is their call. I am still strongly interested in advanced copies.