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<blockquote data-quote="DMZ2112" data-source="post: 7657130" data-attributes="member: 78752">The D&amp;D5 OGL has absolutely not been &quot;confirmed.&quot;&nbsp; Chris Perkins said that &quot;it is [their] intention to bring back the OGL.&quot;&nbsp; That's corporate weaselspeak at its finest.&nbsp; I'm not saying Perkins is lying, or that the OGL is not going to happen, or even that it is unlikely, but calling his statements a confirmation is misinformation.&nbsp; If the OGL were coming beyond a shadow of a doubt, he would have said, &quot;the OGL is coming, we just don't know when.&quot;Worst case scenario at Gen Con 2015: &quot;Sorry, guys, the design team really /intended/ to bring back the OGL, but we just couldn't come to an arrangement that made the lawyers happy.&quot;&nbsp; With luck, they won't try to fill the void with another GSL.Actually, no, the worst case scenario is that we never hear about it again.&nbsp; But that seems unlikely in the new paradigm.&nbsp; They'll do their best to spin it.&nbsp; Wizards is finally getting some really solid marketing advice from somewhere.In May, Mearls promised we'd see (fan) licensing details in the autumn and the program would launch in early 2015.&nbsp; For my part, I expect a license having to do with gaming, but if it was going to be open, we'd already have those details.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DMZ2112, post: 7657130, member: 78752"] The D&D5 OGL has absolutely not been "confirmed." Chris Perkins said that "it is [their] intention to bring back the OGL." That's corporate weaselspeak at its finest. I'm not saying Perkins is lying, or that the OGL is not going to happen, or even that it is unlikely, but calling his statements a confirmation is misinformation. If the OGL were coming beyond a shadow of a doubt, he would have said, "the OGL is coming, we just don't know when." Worst case scenario at Gen Con 2015: "Sorry, guys, the design team really /intended/ to bring back the OGL, but we just couldn't come to an arrangement that made the lawyers happy." With luck, they won't try to fill the void with another GSL. Actually, no, the worst case scenario is that we never hear about it again. But that seems unlikely in the new paradigm. They'll do their best to spin it. Wizards is finally getting some really solid marketing advice from somewhere. In May, Mearls promised we'd see (fan) licensing details in the autumn and the program would launch in early 2015. For my part, I expect a [I]license[/I] having to do with [I]gaming[/I], but if it was going to be [I]open[/I], we'd already have those details. [/QUOTE]

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