Wizkids licensing to another RPG company, Anyone know what this means? Options

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As most of you know, Wizkids and Jordan Wiseman are the actual owners of Shadowrun and Mechwarrior; FanPro is only a licenscee. And, like all licensces, it can be revoked.

So, we see that instead of working with one of their established partners, Jordan has chosen to go with a "new kid on the block". Pinnacle is currently a hot commodity, with Savage Worlds being heralded across the net as the Next Big Thing. Now, I know from talking with Jordan that he likes FanPro, or at least he did a few years ago. And FanPro currently handles both the old Mechwarrior and the Classic BattleTech licensces, so having someone else produce a competiting product seems kinda... odd. I don't know the terms of the licensces that FanPro has, but I'm finding it hard to believe that it wouldn't be exclusive; this means that they're likely to be prohibited from further marketing or producing any more Mechwarrior products.

What I'm wondering is this: if anyone here does know the terms of the various FanPro licensces, are they in any danger of being revoked? Is there a time limit on them? I know that Earthdawn was placed up for bid, but Shadowrun and Mechwarrior were practically handed to FanPro. Are we looking at a legal Savage Shadowrun in the near future?