OGL 1.2 survey is now live

[Scribe]

I would have been MUCH more supportive of deauthorizing the OGL in 2008

I'm shocked.

As I said, that's a message they definitely want to listen to.

joe b.

I would like to think 1D&D would want to encourage as wide a participation as possible, but if they are focused more on litigation than making the best product they can, I can understand why Wizards would not be interested in attracting new people via its product.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

I'm shocked.

I'm shocked you acknowledge I am not as gung ho about it as I could be.

 

[Scars Unseen]

I managed to get through it, and I agree. The questions were all pretty reasonable. I did have to ask if they could release a 4e SRD under CC-BY. One can hope, right?

I might do the same with B/X and AD&D. A little meat for the OSR crowd, yeah?

Still standing on 1.0a as my break off point personally though.

 

[Scribe]

I managed to get through it, and I agree. The questions were all pretty reasonable. I did have to ask if they could release a 4e SRD under CC-BY. One can hope, right?

I suggested they put the 3.5 SRD in CC as well.

 

[Scottius]

I professionally and politely tore them a new one.

The red line remains keeping the OGL 1.0a in effect and recognizing it as irrevocable as always intended and I made that explicitly clear in my comments.

 

[darjr]

I read this else where and I think it's very apt.

Be careful of how much you monetize players. ... hurdle to new players

 

[Scribe]

I read this else where and I think it's very apt.

 

[dave2008]

Well, I just submitted my response. No profanity, no name-calling, but I absolutely excoriated their conduct, made it clear that anything more restrictive/less open than the OGL v1.0a is utterly unsatisfactory, that revocation/de-authorization of the old license is not acceptable, and that they need to abandon their current course completely if they want to recover any of their tarnished image.

Now let's wait and see if they actually listen.

They can still listen and not do what you want. I don't have the same requirements you do and will likely give different feedback. They can't serve everyone, even if they are listening to evryone

 

[overgeeked]

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That’s bonkers. And they think it’s not enough. Wow.

Dragons of the Coast, indeed.

 

[Alzrius]

They can still listen and not do what you want. I don't have the same requirements you do and will likely give different feedback. They can't serve everyone, even if they are listening to evryone

I don't want them to serve everyone. I want them to serve the people who want the OGL v1.0a to remain authorized/unrevoked and not the people who're in favor of the draft OGL v1.2, for instance, since I believe that maintaining the OGL v1.0a does the most good for the largest number of people in the tabletop RPG community (including WotC, via the Skaff Effect).