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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8903750" data-attributes="member: 6801845">What competition?  I'm trying to have a reasoned conversation and explain why I find statements videos like this exaggerated and to me they do not add anything.I'm just pointing out the facts as we know them<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WOTC believes it can revoke the OGL 1.0a.  Whether they can or not (if an OGL is even needed) is uncertain.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That means that if they truly wanted to shut down 3PP, they could have simply revoked the OGL 1.0a without providing an alternative.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They wanted to replace 1.0a with OGL 1.1 which amongst other things asked for royalties.  You can't get royalties from companies that don't publish anything.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There was tremendous backlash against an inexplicable error in the Spelljammer book with the hadozee.  One of the goals of the anniversary edition (parts of which we've already seen with MotM) is to clean some of that stuff up.  However, some people have complained that it just pushes D&D to being bland and generic.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">We haven't seen 2.0 yet, but we know you will be able to use the 5E SRD, they've clarified that WOTC doesn't own your stuff but ask that you don't sue if they make something similar.  Sharing stuff is probably similar to 1.0a, but I'm not sure we have the details yet.  They've stated that they will only ask for change if the material is objectionable.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They retain the right to change the OGL in the future.  Which, if they can revoke the OGL 1.0a, then they can revoke any new license as well.</li> </ul>What I also believe to be true<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HASBRO f***d up big time.  This was a major unforced error on their part</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They may well have been concerned about the Hadozee mistake could happen again, but worse.  While it's true that you can't put the label "D&D" on OGL 1.0a licensed material, many people would not care.  For them it's used to play D&D, it's labeled "5E",  it's sold next to and as a supplement to D&D, it is D&D.  The brand can be harmed by other companies because they are associated with D&D.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">They may be trying to limit what VTTs and character creation software can do without negotiating a separate specific contract.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">HASBRO is a corporation.  Like virtually all corporations they don't have my personal enjoyment or life experiences in mind when they make decisions.  </li> </ul></blockquote>

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