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

[overgeeked]

If WotC paid real lawyers real money to write this thing they need to fire those lawyers immediately and hire new ones.

 

[ersatzphil]

I lurked on the reddit thread a bit more, and some lawyers there chimed in to say that OGL v1.0a would, in fact, be unavailable if OGL v1.1 does pronounce v1.0a to be unauthorised, but that the whole thing would lead to a protracted legal battle about what "authorise" even means — which, given WotC's deep pockets, probably won't be good for any 3PPs wanting to keep OGL v1.0a alive.

What thread is this? I'd be curious to take a look as well.

 

[Ondath]

What thread is this? I'd be curious to take a look as well.

It's this one here. I found it by googling the title of the reddit screenshot shared on the first page.

 

[Nikosandros]

I’m beginning to think it isn’t legit. I’m not knocking the podcasters but this is almost not believable.

I could be wrong and may just be hoping it isn’t true.

If it's legit, they could have presented the text (from the Reddit post) in a different way.

 

[MockingBird]

It would be wise for WotC to get way ahead of this. I just can't wrap my brain around it right now lol.

 

[darjr]

OK they have two different sources.

 

[Nikosandros]

It would be wise for WotC to get way ahead of this. I just can't wrap my brain around it right now lol.

I still do not understand what possessed them to fiddle with the OGL. They have an incredibly successful and popular edition. They are building the hype for the 2024 revision, there's a ton of 3P which help keep the 5e ecosystem vibrant and varied... couldn't they have just kept going like they were?

 

[Nikosandros]

OK they have two different sources.

What is their claim? That the quoted text is a paraphrase or is it actually from the license? Because I can't believe the latter.

 

[Micah Sweet]

I still do not understand what possessed them to fiddle with the OGL. They have an incredibly successful and popular edition. They are building the hype for the 2024 revision, there's a ton of 3P which help keeping the 5e ecosystem vibrant and varied... couldn't they have just kept going like they were?

Apparently this part of the fix to the perceived problem that D&D is "undermonetized".

 

[overgeeked]

I still do not understand what possessed them to fiddle with the OGL. They have an incredibly successful and popular edition. They are building the hype for the 2024 revision, there's a ton of 3P which help keeping the 5e ecosystem vibrant and varied... couldn't they have just kept going like they were?

Pure greed. Other people are making too much money with their toys so they’re going to nuke most of the industry to get their cash.