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Old 02-12-2010, 05:04 PM   #499
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Default Re: Why isn't GURPS as popular as the D20 system and games

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Originally Posted by Mylon View Post
There is no 4th edition d20 SRD, no. However, given the nature of the SRD/OGL of 3.5 edition d20, any sufficiently strong publisher could pick it up and run with it much like how Paizo has made off with Pathfinder.

New name, some slight updates to the rules, republish and prosper.
Paizo had to get a special license to have character generation and advancement rules, IIRC. At any rate, are you saying that Pathfinder is more popular than GURPS?

EDIT: And there is a 4e SRD. I linked to it upthread. The GSL is a much more traditional case by case license. AFAICT the SRD is a list of things that WotC might allow a license to use.
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