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#1 otacon24051 Apr 20, 2008 12:00:30	This was written right on the D&D pages of wizards : " Wizards of the Coast is pleased to announce that third-party publishers will be allowed to publish products compatible with the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition game system under the new Dungeons & Dragons 4E Game System License (D&D 4E GSL). This royalty-free license will replace the former d20 System Trademark License (STL), and will have a System Reference Document (SRD) available for referencing permissible content. The D&D 4E GSL will allow third-party publishers to create roleplaying game products in fantasy settings with the D&D 4th Edition rules, and publishers who register with WotC will be granted the right to use a version of the D&D logo that denotes the product as compatible with the D&D 4th Edition Roleplaying Game, in accordance with WotC’s terms and conditions. The effective start date for sales of D&D 4E GSL publications will be October 1, 2008. The license associated SRD will be available on June 6, 2008, at no cost. A small group of publishers received advanced notice and will receive these documents prior to June 6, at no cost, in order to prepare for publication of compatible materials by the effective start date. If you haven’t already been contacted by WotC, you will be able to access the documents on the Wizards website beginning on June 6, 2008. Wizards is also working on the details of a second royalty-free license, the d20 Game System License (d20 GSL). This license will allow third-party publishers to create roleplaying game products in non-fantasy settings with the 4E rules. The exact details for the d20 GSL will be released as they become available." Non-Fantasy D20 4E Products? Do I smell a new version of D20 Modern? HMM??? I think I just creamed my pants...
#2 narukagami Apr 20, 2008 12:45:12	We had a discussion about this awhile back, its actually not as good as it sounds. Not nearly. The new SRD has no rules in it and is just a big list of what you can and cannot republish, in order to get the new rules publishers still have to buy them. If you want to publish anything with 4e rules you have to do it under WotC's terms, unlike the former d20 SRD. The new licence also seems to be much more constraining than the old one. Don't get excited yet.
#3 alyss_dup Apr 20, 2008 14:02:33	Balls. And I was hoping for a nice new d20M...
#4 thinkhard Apr 20, 2008 19:08:52	All i hope is if any more d20 products come out, they proof read and game test them. It was a product I loved because of its implications and flexibility, but the books are riddled with terrible charts and misinformation. Still bought them though.
#5 jacemachine Apr 21, 2008 8:13:25	Somewhere, I read official news on the site that the company had big plans for the Modern line starting NEXT year.
#6 gamileo Apr 21, 2008 15:08:32	We have no idea if the SRD will or will not contain rules. Until it is out its speculation. I for one would hope that with the advent of 4E they upgrade Modern, that would be awesome seeing as how Modern influenced some of the things they are doing in 4E, time to get some back.
#7 narukagami Apr 21, 2008 17:15:25	We have no idea if the SRD will or will not contain rules. Until it is out its speculation. Actually we do, it was announced some time back that the SRD won't contain any rules because it "doesn't promote creativity."
#8 gamileo Apr 21, 2008 21:09:53	Can you link this please? I haven't seen it anywhere stated specifically that this was the case.
#9 nodaisho Apr 22, 2008 3:14:58	I predict a lot of people just sticking with 3.5, at least those that play online, since posts are frequently made away from books.