D&D (2024) Lifetime boycott of D&D-branded products?

[Parmandur]

Today is January 13.

Do I understand correctly that the Anti-OGL (1.1) is now officially in effect?

It doesnt matter if anyone signed on to it.

The "de-authorization" would be now already in place.

Hasbro-WotC can at a later date try claim a precedent, the OGL 1.0a would have been dead since as of today.

Hasbro-WotC never retracted this January 13 deadline.

The latest leak suggested that the adjusted license is going out on 1/16.

 

[Gladius Legis]

Not sure about lifetime, but definitely for as long as the current management is at Hasbro/WOTC.

 

[Yaarel]

The latest leak suggested that the adjusted license is going out on 1/16.

So unless that adjustment actually officially comes out on the 16:

the Anti-OGL is now officially in force.

As of today, January 13.

 

[Echohawk]

I've been boycotting Nestle for at least 16 years, and Disney and Walmart for several...

I've been boycotting Ikea for decades to protest them not having any stores in my country....

 

[Scribe]

I mean, it really isn't much of a "moral failing," in my personal analysis.

Thats fine. Thats the wonder of morality, reasonable people can disagree.

They certainly failed in my view, but I dont see value in crushing small businesses when you are a megacorp, personally.

 

[Yaarel]

Thats fine. Thats the wonder of morality, reasonable people can disagree.

They certainly failed in my view, but I dont see value in crushing small businesses when you are a megacorp, personally.

Not to mention actually violating terms of contract in order to crush those small businesses − and the many DMs who freely contributed their creativity to the Open Gaming Content.

 

[Parmandur]

Thats fine. Thats the wonder of morality, reasonable people can disagree.

They certainly failed in my view, but I dont see value in crushing small businesses when you are a megacorp, personally.

I doubt they thiught they were "crushing" anyone, at least.

 

[Scribe]

I doubt they thiught they were "crushing" anyone, at least.

You are free to hold that view. When looking at the money they were looking to extract, I doubt they had anything in mind but suppression of competition.

Personally, when many many creative folks said 'this is a huge issue for me' I'm going to take their word for it.

 

[Yaarel]

I doubt they thiught they were "crushing" anyone, at least.

Really?

Have you read the Anti-OGL?

Hasbro-WotC is precisely calculating how to crush anyone, by various tactics of assault.

 

[Parmandur]

You are free to hold that view. When looking at the money they were looking to extract, I doubt they had anything in mind but suppression of competition.

Personally, when many many creative folks said 'this is a huge issue for me' I'm going to take their word for it.

Hoping to get royalties is a different thing than "crushing," and it is hardly abnormal let alone immoral to pursue that. Doesn't bother me.