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Is he ok? What's up with the hat?

They brought in a bunch of mobile and digital game folks. Of course they don't know how to handle physical l, actual table top games. When you are a hammer everything looks like a nail.

This is the kind of joyful news that will bring a tear to a glass eye.

My players want to complete the OGL survey. Can anyone suggest a short video that will help them understand the issues and nuances?

Question for the lawyers, there appears to be no timeline to when Wotc can or will make a determination that your content "harmful." So at their leisure they could nuke you a month after you publish your adventure or years later?

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In response to this latest missive from Hasbro, I just bought Kobold Black Flag tshirts for my whole group.

This is the crux. The monetizing of D&DOne through a DnDBeyond paywall (subclassees, high level spells, etc.) is key to understandiny Hasbro's behavior.

I asked Chat GPT to write an apology for trying to revoke the OGL 1.0a. The result is better than the actual one: Dear valued community, We at Wizards of the Coast would like to extend a sincere apology for our recent actions regarding the revocation of the Open Gaming License 1.0a. We...

Explain the potential negative consequences to the company Wizards of the Coast if they revoke the Open Gaming License 1.0a The Open Gaming License (OGL) 1.0a is a legal instrument that allows third-party publishers to use certain intellectual property owned by Wizards of the Coast (WotC) in...

You need to dock points for gaslighting .

Lol this is the most disingenuous pleading I have ever read.

Sh£$%$ about to get real! https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jan/12/dungeons-and-dragons-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl?CMP=share_btn_link

That's not true. All of Wikipedia is under a CC license and can be used for commercial purposes. The big thing about a CC license is that a user cannot stop another person from using CC content. So, for example,a photo of a castle under a CC license can be used by anyone in a commercial...

Great to see them show more courage than many other 3PP. Awesome.

Somewhat disappointed enworld is not taking as strong a stance as Frog God or Goodman Games.

Wow, so the author is basically saying their initial take was way off. This clarification is much more in line with what the IP lawyers I know (and have read commentary of) have been saying.

They are a HEAVY HITTER. IANAL but the tl;dr appears to be: Hasbro can revoke OGL 1.0a, but also that publishers can write D&D compatible material without it but may get sued by Hasbro...

Pure Hubris from them right? Where I live we would call the Hasbro execs who made this decision "gobshites."

This is fantastic news