Continuing the D&D executive producer's interview tour, gaming influencer Ginny Di asks a WotC's Kyle Brink about the OGL and other things.
they can do that without nuking the OGL too. Do not license 1DD to the existing VTTs and let the 5e licenses expire, done.
Without the subclasses (not in the SRD) and official adventures, the other VTTs are effectively removed from the D&D market.
They do not use the SRD today, so changes to the OGL for this are not helpful / needed.
I genuinely have a problem with the idea that it is just corporate greed. I guess there were a whole lot of reasons why some people at WotC thought it might be a good idea. The core was certainly to protect their recent and future investment...
... and then they did everything wrong.
Please demonstrate to me where WotC was acting with such intelligence that this is an implausible scenario.
For one thing, WotC hasn't exactly demonstrated that they really understand technology.
For another thing, there's no reason to think that this was about fear of sudden changes.
One of the major VTT (Foundry) does not have a license with them but there are tools to scrape all the materials from D&D Beyond.they can do that without nuking the OGL too. Do not license 1DD to the existing VTTs and let the 5e licenses expire, done.
Without the subclasses (not in the SRD) and official adventures, the other VTTs are effectively removed from the D&D market.
They do not use the SRD today, so changes to the OGL for this are not helpful / needed.
that sounds like a technical gap WotC can fix, not a legal right VTTs have. If WotC went through the trouble of not renewing licenses, this way would get closed as well.You don't need to license it over to other VTTs to have that happen. Foundry has no license for D&D but you can still strip DNDBeyond of the info through it.
I can always cut and paste. I routinely enter data into Fantasy Grounds and I have been buying D&D Beyond books since it first started (as of now they lost my paper and D&D Beyond Heist books purchase but I will buy on FG to future proof in case the license is not renewed next year).that sounds like a technical gap WotC can fix, not a legal right VTTs have
there being a way now is not the same as WotC guaranteeing this will continue to be available. If they went so far as to not renew licenses, you can safely assume they would not allow for this to continue either.One of the major VTT (Foundry) does not have a license with them but there are tools to scrape all the materials from D&D Beyond.
So? Nothing WotC can do about that, with the OGL or withoutAll the major VTT also support other RPG.
this is at most collateral damage, not the goal. 1.0a products could continue to be sold, 1.1 were only affected past a threshold, 1.2 were not affected at all again.The gun that was aimed at all not WoTC was not the VTT stuff, it was aimed at Drivethru in terms of potentially ordering them to cease selling OGL products if the OGL was deauthorized.
If they fear losing money that way, then they can simply renew the licenses.WoTC can still shut off their partner VTT from One D&D books and that will be a revenue blow to them, probably a pretty big one. But it will be a blow to WoTC as they then need their VTT to make up that revenue.
I am amazed they allow it at all since they have licensed VTT partners. The fact that the have not licensed Foundry points to me as a reason to believe they want to further restrict access in the future.there being a way now is not the same as WotC guaranteeing this will continue to be available. If they went so far as to not renew licenses, you can safely assume they would not allow for this to continue either.
I am pretty sure this is why the survey was cut shortI also remain convinced that the interviews are part of the process to protect their most important asset - the Movie.
We are all celebrating our victory and in some ways I think the PR campaign looks more like a Hollywood crisis expert was brought in.
not sure why Foundry does not have a license, maybe because they can get away with this. Closing this hole is a ‘Foundry is using our stuff without a license’ problem, not a ‘we want to shut down all VTTs’ oneI am amazed they allow it at all since they have licensed VTT partners. The fact that the have not licensed Foundry points to me as a reason to believe they want to further restrict access in the future.
that sounds like a technical gap WotC can fix, not a legal right VTTs have. If WotC went through the trouble of not renewing licenses, this way would get closed as well.