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<blockquote data-quote="JEB" data-source="post: 8891335" data-attributes="member: 10148">My prediction is that the 5E SRD and Basic Rules will no longer be freely available after One D&amp;D is released. You're correct that it makes no sense to remove them now, before they have a new ruleset to replace them; also, the leaked OGL 1.1 draft explicitly references the 5E SRD.However, I assume that in 2024 they'll update OGL 1.1 again (OGL 1.2?) to replace those references with whatever One D&amp;D's SRD equivalent is. And then remove free access to the obsolete 5E rules from their web site (and possibly D&amp;D Beyond as well, except as Legacy Content).I also wouldn't bet on any publicly available One D&amp;D SRD or Basic Rules; those will be strictly on D&amp;D Beyond and only accessible to subscribers.Definitely no PDFs of One D&amp;D material, agreed. And yes, it's more likely they'll just leave 5E rules solely accessible to D&amp;D Beyond subscribers. But there is a tiny chance we'll see 5E PDFs on DM Guild. (Very, very tiny.) Assuming they're still in the market of selling PDFs of their older-edition material at all by 2024; they may decide it's no longer of value to the brand.Putting it more simply: they could potentially use OGL 1.1 to shut down OGL 1.0 sites like the Hypertext d20 SRD, or at least make the attempt. But we don't know for sure yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JEB, post: 8891335, member: 10148"] My prediction is that the 5E SRD and Basic Rules will no longer be freely available [I]after One D&D is released[/I]. You're correct that it makes no sense to remove them now, before they have a new ruleset to replace them; also, the leaked OGL 1.1 draft explicitly references the 5E SRD. However, I assume that in 2024 they'll update OGL 1.1 again (OGL 1.2?) to replace those references with whatever One D&D's SRD equivalent is. And then remove free access to the obsolete 5E rules from their web site (and possibly D&D Beyond as well, except as Legacy Content). I also wouldn't bet on any publicly available One D&D SRD or Basic Rules; those will be strictly on D&D Beyond and only accessible to subscribers. Definitely no PDFs of One D&D material, agreed. And yes, it's more likely they'll just leave 5E rules solely accessible to D&D Beyond subscribers. But there is a tiny chance we'll see 5E PDFs on DM Guild. (Very, very tiny.) Assuming they're still in the market of selling PDFs of their older-edition material at all by 2024; they may decide it's no longer of value to the brand. Putting it more simply: they could potentially use OGL 1.1 to shut down OGL 1.0 sites like the Hypertext d20 SRD, or at least make the attempt. But we don't know for sure yet. [/QUOTE]

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