<<Not quite. Section 9, point of emphasis: "You may use any authorised
version of this License" All Wizards has to do is say "After date
MM/DD/YYYY only version X.X is authorized for use." you could still use
content from previous versions, but you would have to do so under the newer
version.
>>
Andrew -- this raises an interesting question. Since you do not interpret "authorized" as "previously or currently authorized", but only as "currently authorized" and since section 9 allows for reformation of the license.... Drum roll, please....
Under this interpretation, WotC could publish version 2.0 of the OGL, using the reformation clause in the OGL to rewrite it from scratch, saying, "anyone other than WotC who publishes anything with version 2.0 of the license owes WotC a million dollars" and then state that OGL versions prior to 2.0 are no longer authorised.
This would effectively allow them to corner the market on all OGL releases to date.
Now, I'm not a paranoid delusional suggesting that this would occur (industry backlash would be horrific, I'm certain), but it seems like a logical extension of what _could_ occur were your interpretation correct.
Lee
