D&D 5E Hope for an open GSL?

[Sanglorian]

Perhaps you're thinking of Mike Mearls, who talked about having a copy of open source guidebook The Cathedral and the Bazaar.

 

[Ferghis]

I'd be interested in seeing that quote.

Even though I distinctly remember it, after some searching I can't find it, so it's possible I'm mistaken. I'll keep looking for it. It was one of his earliest D&D Next articles, if I'm correct.

 

[Nellisir]

Even though I distinctly remember it, after some searching I can't find it, so it's possible I'm mistaken. I'll keep looking for it. It was one of his earliest D&D Next articles, if I'm correct.

I wonder if you're thinking of this?
The Open Game License as I See It, Part I
and
The Open Game License as I See It, Part II

Not dated, but it looks like 2006, sometime. The comments about a possible 4th edition are certainly prescient.

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And even if Wizards took away the d20 license and didn't update the SRD, if 4th Edition still used hit points, Armor Class, six ability scores 3-18, and so on, it would be easy enough to create material under the existing OGL pretty compatible with 4th Edition. Arguably, to make the game airtight-closed, Wizards would have to change it so radically that it wouldn't even be D&D anymore.*

I stand by my opinion, however, that his use of the OGL on his own products was not in keeping with his rhetoric in this article.
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[Nylanfs]

Did I miss any tidbits on licensing while I've been working 10-12 hour days? Money nice, free time better though.

 

[IronWolf]

Did I miss any tidbits on licensing while I've been working 10-12 hour days? Money nice, free time better though.

Nope. I suspect we won't see any real licensing stuff until much, much later.

 

[Nylanfs]

My semi-monthly post to see if I missed any licensing tidebits.

 

[IronWolf]

My semi-monthly post to see if I missed any licensing tidebits.

No news that I am aware of.

 

[Nylanfs]

So still nothing on the license right?

 

[Ferghis]

I've heard nothing. Keep banging the drum.

Ditto.

 

[Mark CMG]

So still nothing on the license right?

They seem well beyond the point where they can use OGC to strongly influence the development of 5E, so I guess it just remains to be seen whether they will utilize the OGL as a marketing tool once the game gets released. It's a shame, really, because it shows a rather cynical or perhaps naive understanding of the OGL among those working on the new edition.