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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8923058" data-attributes="member: 7023840">From the <a href="https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document" target="_blank">FAQ </a>regarding the CC-How is this different from the OGL? The OGL places more requirements on creators and contains more restrictions on what they are permitted to do. Creative Commons provides a more modern license, more freedom for creators, and more certainty that the content released under the license will remain available under those terms forever. We put the SRD 5.1 under Creative Commons license in January 2023 so that creators have certainty that Wizards can never revoke or deauthorize SRD 5.1 content.That's what they did. I understand you might not have read this, or understand why they did what they did for legal reasons, but there was a reason for all of this. The OGL (which is more than 20 years old) was a poorly written document. No matter what they say extrinsically, it doesn't matter. So yes, they backed down as completely as they could.So, care to explain this to me again?ETA- By the way, if you want to be mad, go ahead. But don't try to say that they didn't back down. Or that there was some kind of magic word incantation that they were missing. Take the W. If you want to channel that anger, I find it helpful to do positive things in the community that you are located and can see the difference; there are probably a ton (either metric or imperial) of non-profit organizations that could use board members, volunteers, or assistance in your community.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8923058, member: 7023840"] From the [URL='https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document']FAQ [/URL]regarding the CC- [B][I]How is this different from the OGL?[/I][/B][I] The OGL places more requirements on creators and contains more restrictions on what they are permitted to do. Creative Commons provides a more modern license, more freedom for creators, and more certainty that the content released under the license will remain available under those terms forever. We put the SRD 5.1 under Creative Commons license in January 2023[/I][B][U] so that creators have certainty that Wizards can never revoke or deauthorize[/U][/B][I] SRD 5.1 content.[/I] That's what they did. I understand you might not have read this, or understand why they did what they did for legal reasons, but there was a reason for all of this. The OGL (which is more than 20 years old) was a poorly written document. No matter what they say [I]extrinsically[/I], it doesn't matter. So yes, they backed down as completely as they could. So, care to explain this to me again? [I]ETA- [/I]By the way, if you want to be mad, go ahead. But don't try to say that they didn't back down. Or that there was some kind of magic word incantation that they were missing. Take the W. If you want to channel that anger, I find it helpful to do positive things in the community that you are located and can see the difference; there are probably a ton (either metric or imperial) of non-profit organizations that could use board members, volunteers, or assistance in your community. [/QUOTE]

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