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Message: <blockquote data-quote="darjr" data-source="post: 8896582" data-attributes="member: 52905">Watching History in the making is kinda awesome.[spoiler]I want to make sure that we have a clean and clear record on what has happened in last few turbulent days in TTRPGs.The effort to create a new OGL was first publicly launched by Wolfgang Bauer of Kobold Press. As I was discussing all this with my friends at Frog God Games, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mark.greenberg.1612?__cft__[0]=AZVEef_foAhUkP2qTZZ2uHUQm7bXV0Q0ZJrBTRUGLJnym_N24rCBpQLCo1QyBIpOzQt_dkg0BLKuUlTCFpByFwzTuMOgRjHjKYbs2JBP4gVPb_-oleMXPBhkHWScreCTp4A&[B]tn[/B]=-]K-R" target="_blank">Mark Greenberg</a> of Frog God suggested that this new open, free, permanent, and irrevocable OGL be owned by a nonprofit 501c3 rather than a single publisher like Kobold.I then passed that along to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wolfgang.baur?__cft__[0]=AZVEef_foAhUkP2qTZZ2uHUQm7bXV0Q0ZJrBTRUGLJnym_N24rCBpQLCo1QyBIpOzQt_dkg0BLKuUlTCFpByFwzTuMOgRjHjKYbs2JBP4gVPb_-oleMXPBhkHWScreCTp4A&[B]tn[/B]=-]K-R" target="_blank">Wolfgang Baur</a> and he agreed and then discussed this with Mark and his lawyer <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brian.e.lewis.1?__cft__[0]=AZVEef_foAhUkP2qTZZ2uHUQm7bXV0Q0ZJrBTRUGLJnym_N24rCBpQLCo1QyBIpOzQt_dkg0BLKuUlTCFpByFwzTuMOgRjHjKYbs2JBP4gVPb_-oleMXPBhkHWScreCTp4A&[B]tn[/B]=-]K-R" target="_blank">Brian E. Lewis</a> who also represents Paizo. Brian was the architect of the original OGL 1.0 so it is excellent that he is now leading this new effort.The point of this post is to make clear that, at least for my part and my involvement, the creation of a new OGL would not be by or for any one publisher. It will be something that literally anyone can use to nest their own SRD (rule set) and know that those rules will be forever open and free.The moment it looks like a single publisher is seeking to own or control this OGL, I am out as that is precisely the problem we are all facing now. As long as this is a collaborative effort, I will be donating my time towards this most worthwhile cause.And all this said, I do hope that Wizards course corrects here and backs away from the proposed OGL 1.1. I feel bad for my friends on the D&D design team that are caught up in all of this. Having a strong D&D brand is great for the hobby. But that said, an independent and permanent OGL that any game publisher can use would be very beneficial for our hobby.[/spoiler][ATTACH=full]272486[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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