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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 8885426" data-attributes="member: 1">Over the past week there have been several petitions and open letters posted regarding the upcoming Open Game License v1.1, asking Wizards of the Coast to reconsider its current path.<a href="https://www.opendnd.games/" target="_blank">This Open Letter</a>, posted under the social media hashtag #OpenDnD, has already been signed by over 4,000 people, including many small publishers. Behind it are Mike Holik (Mage Hand Press) and Noah Downs (an IP lawyer).[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.opendnd.games/[/URL][callout]If this new license gains wide adoption, the tabletop industry will shrink to a fraction of its current size, shuttering the small businesses that populate your local cons and putting a stop to their creations. Innovation in the gaming industry will evaporate; your favorite games will be trapped in the past, instead of being allowed to migrate to your phone, virtual reality, and beyond. Diversity in the industry will shrink away, as projects from marginalized creators are effectively written out of the future. [/callout][ATTACH=full]271782[/ATTACH] This isn't the only such Open Letter -- there's <a href="https://jonbrazer.com/2023/01/09/an-open-letter-to-wizards-of-the-coast-concerning-the-leaked-ogl-1-1/" target="_blank">another one authored by Jon Brazer Enterprises</a> which has a number of signatories from various OGL publishers.[callout]As small publishers and individual creators who create considerable content under the OGL 1.0a, we the undersigned call upon you to reverse course in regards to the leaked, alleged text of OGL 1.1. As the leader of the tabletop roleplaying game industry, your direction guides us all. We believe that this new version of the OGL will hurt both us and, by extension, you, and we ask that you hear our concerns.[/callout][URL unfurl="true"]https://jonbrazer.com/2023/01/09/an-open-letter-to-wizards-of-the-coast-concerning-the-leaked-ogl-1-1/[/URL]There are also <a href="https://www.change.org/search?q=OGL" target="_blank">several petitions on change.org</a>.</blockquote>

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