We got an official leak of One D&D OGL 1.1! Watch Our Discussion And Reactions!

[darjr]

I think I’ve listed to one video of theirs, an interview of the Author of Slaying the Dragon. They seemed well informed then and knew many folks in the industry.

But dang are they hard to listen too.

 

[Alzrius]

Does this mean I'd have to, say, get them to publish my OGL v1.0a work, or can I just create derivative content of their work and use their OGL license to publish it myself?

I believe it's the latter.

Presuming that WotC, as the originator of the OGL v1.0a, can indeed stop offering the license, all you'd need to do is use the Open Game Content of literally any other product that was published under the Open Game License v1.0a, citing that product's Section 15 in your Section 15 (along with the requisite copyright notice of your own product which you're publishing), and you're covered. It doesn't even have to be much of anything; any single bit of OGC is sufficient, so long as it's cited correctly.

Or at least, that's my understanding.

 

[Sacrosanct]

It's like people keep forgetting what the text of the OGL actually says

4. Grant and Consideration: In consideration for agreeing to use this License, the Contributors grant You a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license with the exact terms of this License to Use, the Open Game Content.
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9. Updating the License: Wizards or its designated Agents may publish updated versions of this License. You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.

 

[Ondath]

I believe it's the latter.

Presuming that WotC, as the originator of the OGL v1.0a, can indeed stop offering the license, all you'd need to do is use the Open Game Content of literally any other product that was published under the Open Game License v1.0a, citing that product's Section 15 in your Section 15 (along with the requisite copyright notice of your own product which you're publishing), and you're covered. It doesn't even have to be much of anything; any single bit of OGC is sufficient, so long as it's cited correctly.

Or at least, that's my understanding.

That makes sense. Well, this would about seal the deal for me when it comes to breaking off from the D&D ecosystem. I've been meaning to give writing homebrew content a go, and it seems like I'll just use Level Up or OSE/Chromatic Dungeons/other retroclones for any D&D-adjacent content I'll publish. This just seems like it'll be GSL 2.0 (as @mamba said) and I just hope it'll be as badly received as the GSL to make WotC reconsider.

 

[darjr]

Did WotC sue someone in Europe over the OGL?

 

[darjr]

One thing. This is a leak, even if accurate, it’s not the final word from WotC.

 

[Ondath]

Did WotC sue someone in Europe over the OGL?

I'm not sure. I know there's a French website that offers a fan translation of everything from 5E alongside most of the rules in English. The website claims to run under WotC's fan content policy, but they do some shady stuff like providing translations for copyrighted 5E content but just fail to provide its English equivalent so it's harder to find unless you speak French.

 

[darjr]

OK I don't think they are being sensational to get clicks.

 

[mamba]

OK I don't think they are being sensational to get clicks.

so in other words you think this is a legitimate leak?

 

[darjr]

They reference Russ post about the OGL 1 and the ogl 1 faq.