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• danjupp commented on Sleazy <em>proposed</em> new Dungeons and Dragons license seeks to poison open gaming systems
  I'm not particularly concerned about the OGL issue, altho I tend to agree with those above who are sceptical of WotC's motives. As a buyer of rpg products and a downloader of free rpg material the thing that really annoys me is the tendency among larger companies to regurgitate glossier but more content-free versions of old product rather than investing in new ideas. Why the hell does anyone need a 4th edition of any game? Why are gamers given so little to choose from except expensive new editions of books they already own? Why do the game companies pretend that...
• mxyzplk commented on Sleazy <em>proposed</em> new Dungeons and Dragons license seeks to poison open gaming systems
  Meanwhile, WotC's still on info-lockdown mode on this. The Wizards managers who previously spoke on the subject, Scott and Linae, aren't posting, and the promised clarification from Wizards was set for last Monday, then last week, now "Maybe this week - maybe not" according to a WotC community liasion. Three main logical options exist, none of them good. 1. They're stalling so that when they fess up to trying to kill off the OGL it's after all the distributor orders and customer preorders for 4e ship, and ideally after all the people see it in stores and buy it (release...
• mshea commented on Sleazy <em>proposed</em> new Dungeons and Dragons license seeks to poison open gaming systems
  This just in from the D&D FAQ: Q. Do I have to give up my right to publish 3.5 OGL products in order to publish 4e compatible products? A. No. Publishers are free to print product lines under either the OGL or 4E GSL. We would love to see our industry colleagues convert their entire product offerings to 4E, as we are doing, but we do not expect or require entire companies to convert to the new edition....
• Disquisition commented on Sleazy <em>proposed</em> new Dungeons and Dragons license seeks to poison open gaming systems
  mshea speaks the truth; check out Wizards' most recent News update for the whole scoop. Cory, you definitely need to update this post....
• mxyzplk commented on Sleazy <em>proposed</em> new Dungeons and Dragons license seeks to poison open gaming systems
  There is indeed an update from Wizards! Details here: http://mxyzplk.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/wizards-comes-clean-on-open-gaming/...