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Message: <blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8905016" data-attributes="member: 6790260">The OGL (all existing, non-"draft" versions) makes reference to authorized versions of the license. WotC is going to claim that that authorization has been withdrawn going forward from whatever date the so-called "Open" Gaming License 2 (or whatever they're calling it now) takes effect.Like...that's literally what they're doing. They're trying to exploit a crappy probably-non-existent loophole in the way the existing license is worded.Edit: To be really really specific, this is the relevant section (bolded for emphasis):Their theory, which is a crock of feces, is that this section gives WotC the power to withdraw authorization from any version of this license should they so choose. Hence, things created under OGL 1.0a would still be valid by a grandfather clause in their "O"GL 2, but nothing new could be published under OGL 1.0a because that license would no longer be an authorized license.Essentially, "O"GL 2 would make exceptions for anything published under prior, non-updated versions of the license, but in so doing, would completely replace and supplant all those prior, non-updated versions.Or, to put it more simply, "O"GL 2 would in fact revoke OGL 1.0a, but in doing so it would allow all (and only) those works published before its effective date to still operate under the terms of the OGL 1.0a. So it would be revoked, but revived as a zombie for the grandfather clause.</blockquote>

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