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It's manual, and yes, I also have put in an account deletion request.

Bingo. Hope they enjoyed having their butts handed to them by the Open Source Software community because they are about to get the same pain, ignominy and scorn from the RPG ecosystem. Heck they may have actually left Microsoft BECAUSE it was learning it's lesson and opening up.

You have as a non lawyer hit the actual crux of the matter, and the reason why OGL 1.0a lisenced content like the old SRDs are safe. New content like a future OneDnD SRD, will not use an open license, so that is a completely separate issue how WoTC is killing golden goose there.

Boy, While I think that you are bringing interesting points to this discussion, this is IMHO an admission you are way out of your field. If you think Open source licenses are weird and unique...despite the fact that they run much of the world intellectual property economy, I don't know what to...

For the record, despite not being a lawyer, I disagree with Morrus about the whole Section 9 thing as you can read above. I.e. I think his summary at the top of the thread about being able to pick which version of the OGL applies to a work is only good for interchanging OGLs that have that...

I agree, I should have kept my mouth shut about CR, as they don't use the OGL in their show. Mea Culpa. I also apologize while we're apologizing about my inability to spell the word lisence, er... licensce, license consistently. Sorry people :D

No, you're right, CR probably didn't ask for permission at all, and used non-SRD proprietary player's handbook stuff on the air even, so the OGL changes wouldn't hurt or help them exactly, The other two examples stand. I think for streamers it's more that these changes are a signal that if...

Also, notice that now videos, websites and other media other than print are not going to be allowed to use OGL 1.1 content. That means no competing with D&D Beyond kids, No Level Up Tools website next time, and also that there might never be another Critical Role (at least there will not be...

They are effectively giving WoTC copyright for their work in exchange for eyeballs Yeah except that Section 9, regardless of what is says, doesn't apply to works that weren't released under a lisence that contains Section 9. We'll see what 1.1 has in it.

Open source software licenses that say "you can use this work under this lisence, or any future version of this lisence" for instance the GPL are actually applied to the work in question. The clause you are relying on in 1.0a will not be the governing license for OneDnD because OneDnD will...

I disagree. They have just now told us essentially what is in the document. It is the proper time to get really angry so that they can walk back any horrible decisions before they are set in stone. Corporations don't make U-Turns that easily, so you have to shoot down their trial baloons with...

I don't think your assumption that OGL 1.0a would apply to new material released under 1.1 can hold just because of some clause in 1.0a. The new stuff will just be released under a license that doesn't have the "any version" clause any more, and that will be that, it will break porting stuff.

No, I think there is a good chance you are right and this will assign some of us to an OGL 1.0a backwater. There is, however a small chance that enough of the ecosystem will stay OGL 1.0a that we will keep a critical mass of players on 5E. Man this makes me mad, I mostly liked the One DnD...

This is extremely dissapointing. Man, I am mad. My take on this is that it goes way too far on poisoning the market for third party products. I think that this is the day that 3rd party publishers will have to decide to stick with 5E, and the community will have to release our own patches /...

Mastering Dungeons (Talk -- Possibly the best D&D focused game design theory and practice podcast out there. Industry veterans Teos Abadia and Shawn Merwin share advice, do super deep dives on design issues they care about, and put the news in perspective every week. )

This is a great chance to grab the LevelUp Books at a steep discount. While I have not yet looked at the "Advanced 5E" bits in the Adventurer's Guide, and was impressed more with the solidity than the flair of the Monstrous Menagerie, I am finding the Trials and Treasures (DM's Guide) to be...

Thank you, that stream was really entertaining, and some good old stories.

Wizards prohibits third parties who accept the OGL from using "Dungeons and Dragons" anywhere on the product, even the normally commercially OK statement that your product is "compatible" with D&D. If it wasn't explicitly prohibited by the OGL to call products "Dungeons and Dragons Compatible"...

Thanks for the reminder and for doing your job ;)

Hawley is a giant jackass trying to pick a fight with Disney. Still, this is a great idea. 56 years is about right, and it should be applied retroactively.