darjr
I crit!
Their "commitment" to the OGL? They're publishing a 3e retroclone and so have no choice in the matter. Their only other choice would have been to make their own game, in which case they wouldn't be doing nearly as well.
As a non-publisher, how is it harmful to you? As I and others have said before - some publishers know things that non-publishers (and apparently some publishers who have made no inquiries) do not know. I am not seeing how an announcement to non-publishers would be changing anything. If it is OGL, you as a customer will find out when it is published.
Their commitment extends far beyond that. They publish books they absolutely do not have to put under the ogl under the ogl. Yes, it's a commitment. A very profound and much appreciated one. Scare quotes aside Paizo is a committed OGL publisher, yes even stuff they do not have to put in the OGL.
As a non-publisher I use the d20pfsrd.com, from a complete third party. I use third party apps for my tablet that have essentially the complete rules, including NEW OGL content from Paizo. A kind of tool that Paizo has yet to provide, probably because they are very busy putting out more OGL material. The announcement of an OGL would mean that I could be confident that there could be third party products unencumbered. Even I could make such. Even after 6th edition. That is the change that would mean everything to a non-publisher when it comes to the OGL.