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| Zherog |
 Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:26 pm Post subject: Revised GSL is out! |
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So, last year just before GenCon WotC announced they were working on a revision to the GSL. Well, it's finally done. I haven't had a chance to read anything more than the FAQ so far.
Anybody good at dissecting legalese and can point out the differences between this and the old version?
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| Erekose13 |
| Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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| Huge difference = there is no d20/ogl clause. KQ can have both. OD can have the same 'line' and convert material all while using the GSL. The language around changes to the SRD and GSL automatically applying and that Wizards can drop the GSL forcing people to remove the logo and destroy stock still exists with a defined sell off period now. At least that's what I've gleaned from a short reading and some of the threads popping up on it. I think that Clark Peterson's recent announcement that Necromancer would be entering the 4e game is directly related to the new GSL. |
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| Wolfgang |
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If you publish something under the GSL you can't offer the OGL versions of certain terms (like "cleric"). Instead, you have to use them with the GSL restrictions on that term.
This means KQ cannot accept this license unless it goes entirely 4E. Or (in some insane bizarro-world) I produce two magazines, one for 3E and one for 4E. Those are not good solutions.
What it DOES mean is that Halls of the Mountain King can probably work under the GSL while the 3E version of Halls is also possible under the OGL.
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| Neal |
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| If you publish something under the GSL you can't offer the OGL versions of certain terms (like "cleric"). Instead, you have to use them with the GSL restrictions on that term. |
Maybe I'm being obtuse, but how is this a big deal? Aren't clerics divine casters in both editions? I'm not sure how this would actually work.
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| Zherog |
| Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:57 pm Post subject: |
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The GSL forbids you from "redefining" what a key term means, such as cleric, from a "crunchy" perspective.
For example, if you were to include dual stat blocks for a first level cleric, the 4e one would mention things such as the healing word encounter-level ability.
Now when you go to do the 3.5 stat block, you'd need to instead mention spontaneous casting. But you can't do that, because then you'd be "redefining" the term "cleric."
Or, at least, that's how I understand it.
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| varianor |
| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 4:25 am Post subject: |
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| Note that the clause still exists stating that you cannot define, redefine or in essence reproduce anything in the SRD. So you can't actually print the 4E stat block for that dual-statted cleric.... |
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| Erekose13 |
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| If the cleric is an NPC and you have a unique name for him you can stat up the 4E block. You can't reprint everythign from the SRD but you can reference it or make up new stuff. Making up new stuff is easy in 4e. What is a problem is stating up the 3.5 guy and calling him a cleric. So yeah still trouble. |
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