Del Rio wrote:
> In article <1ibzkd3.19g5e801fnvpbtN%dalef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Dale Friesen <dalef@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>Ubiquitous <weberm@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Will WotC be continuing OGL in the newest edition?
>>
>>The new edition will be released under the GSL (Game System License). We
>>don't know yet what it's like, other than the fact that it's not just a
>>new version of the OGL.
>
>
> So, the idea of the OGL was "let's get everyone playing d20,
> and then they'll naturally gravitate to D&D because we're the
> premium d20 game". Like the music industry, I expect Hasbro to
> fail to grasp how giving something away can help them make
> money. I expect them to make a shortsighted grab at
> re-establi****ng their intellectual property rights. I bet the
> idea behind the GSL is going to be, "let's let people create
> stuff that requires you to own D&D 4e books to play." I'm
> betting that the only version of the 4e rules that anyone will
> be allowed to publish will be in the D&D 4e core books, thus
> making them requirements in order to play any game that is
> based on the 4e equivalent of d20.
>
But we still have the 3.5 OGL. Hasbro can go screw...
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Tetsubo
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