D&D General New OGL survey

[teitan]

New OGL survey and offer is up. The survey link will be added later but an FAQ and first draft of 1.2 is now available for us to go over to deliver feedback.

Starting the OGL ‘Playtest’

In this article, you can review a draft of OGL 1.2, submit feedback via survey, and learn about a Creative Commons license that puts D&D's core mech...

www.dndbeyond.com

 

[dave2008]

You beat me to it! @Morrus - frontpage please!

 

[dave2008]

From the 2nd paragraph:

"

1. We're giving the core D&D mechanics to the community through a Creative Commons license, which means that they are fully in your hands.
2. If you want to use quintessentially D&D content from the SRD such as owlbears and magic missile, OGL 1.2 will provide you a perpetual, irrevocable license to do so."

 

[teitan]

From the 2nd paragraph:

"

1. We're giving the core D&D mechanics to the community through a Creative Commons license, which means that they are fully in your hands.
2. If you want to use quintessentially D&D content from the SRD such as owlbears and magic missile, OGL 1.2 will provide you a perpetual, irrevocable license to do so."

Yeah this thing is a major walk back and almost like 1.0a being deauthorized is a non issue, especially with irrevocable.

 

[dave2008]

There is a already a length thread on it here: WotC Posts OGL Draft

That being said, I still don't like deauthorizing the OGL and I don't buy their justification for doing so. However, this is better than we thought / what was leaked.

 

[darjr]

OGL - WotC posts draft license

Okay, people smarter than me: why did they go with CC for the "core mechanics"? Arguably, the core mechanics aren't protected anyway. But this provides a known safe harbor for people, without really giving anything away.

www.enworld.org

Russ is in a live stream now.

 

[Mistwell]

Yeah this thing is a major walk back and almost like 1.0a being deauthorized is a non issue, especially with irrevocable.

It's technically, in my opinion, BETTER than 1.0a being left alone. Because 1.0a didn't come with the irrevocable clause, and wider industry established practices, of the creative commons license. Creative Commons is an overall license which is better written and more cleanly enforceable than 1.0a.

 

[Mistwell]

There is a already a length thread on it here: WotC Posts OGL Draft

That being said, I still don't like deauthorizing the OGL and I don't buy their justification for doing so. However, this is better than we thought / what was leaked.

You can use 1.0a for existing products, and Creative Commons (which is better than 1.0a) for new products. Why would you want to use 1.0a for new products since it doesn't have the cleanly irrevocable language of the Creative Commons?

 

[Reynard]

New OGL survey and offer is up. The survey link will be added later but an FAQ and first draft of 1.2 is now available for us to go over to deliver feedback.

Starting the OGL ‘Playtest’

In this article, you can review a draft of OGL 1.2, submit feedback via survey, and learn about a Creative Commons license that puts D&D's core mech...

www.dndbeyond.com

I don't see the survey.

 

[dave2008]

You can use 1.0a for existing products, and Creative Commons (which is better than 1.0a) for new products. Why would you want to use 1.0a for new products since it doesn't have the cleanly irrevocable language of the Creative Commons?

You are correct. I posted that before I read the actual draft (just Keith's description). The one issue is Product Identity. I don't believe CC allows any Product Identity. That being said, I have very few (and correctable) issues with the OGL 1.2.