Except #9 of the current license says that you can "...use ANY [emphasis mine] authorized version of this License...." Even if they would put that odious requirement in, I could happily churn out material under the current version.
Paul W. King Message: 10 From: William Olander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [Ogf-l] OGL Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 10:09:40 -0500 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1A356.D058F3D0 Content-Type: text/plain Here's a Hypothetical Conspiracy Theorist version of what could happen: Say that somewhere down the road Hasbro starts to market D&D4E.. The fourth edition of the worlds most popular roleplaying game. In order to better its chances in the market they decide to sabatoge those 3rd party products that have been coming out and doing so well on the market. So they draft up OGL version 4.0. Version 4.0 is very similar to Version 1.0 with the following exception(in not very-legalese): #15. As this Lisence is property of Hasbro, all derivative works are now considered works belonging to Hasbro as well. In order to gain permission, go to www.harbro.com/weownyou to fill out a request form. Now, this might be something of a stretch (and could be argued in court) but at the same time noone has officially argued the OGL in court yet either and honestly, a change like this in or out of court would end up sending the whole thing down the river with very little to show for it. _______________________________________________ Ogf-l mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.opengamingfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/ogf-l
