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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9698076" data-attributes="member: 6779310">They set the terms they want. Use it or don't. Bitching about them not using your favored license? Take it up with their attorney... I'm certain it will be billed time...The CEO of Wizards and the CEO of HasBro both disagree...  and the proof of that is not just that they tried to cancel the OGL, but that they launched the DM's Guild (which WOTC gets a cut of everything therein, and takes your IP rights, too) and that they've both noted how "undermonetized" the D&D brand is.Also interesting is the rash of departures, both voluntary and involuntary. Now, of course the mad Irishwoman yellow-jounalist known as Dungeons and Discourse is gloom and dooming over them, but she's got a point. The creative flight from WotC, and especially D&D branding, is pointing towards the Traditional HasBro "tired IP policy" - shut it down for a few years, maybe leaving one low effort mode going, then relaunch in 5-15 years. (her episode last week points out the history of retiring IP... but she overlooks that GI Joe and MLP both got licensed out to other game studios...)If it were not for the fan blowup, we could have expected moving  to only DM's Guild and it's far more restrictive license... and Wizards' getting a cut.</blockquote>