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So WHY Didn't The OGL Contain The Word 'Irrevocable'?
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<blockquote data-quote="macd21" data-source="post: 8899815" data-attributes="member: 6683793"><p>No, WotC hated the OGL, they just didn’t think they could just declare it to be deauthorised to get rid of it (both for legal and marketing reasons, I imagine). And initially they didn’t think they’d have to - they could release 4ed under a new (more restrictive) license, everyone would switch to playing the latest edition of DnD, and that would be that. Sure, 3PPs could keep releasing stuff for 3ed, but given only a handful of people would still be playing, it wouldn’t matter, right?</p><p></p><p>Obviously it didn’t quite work that way. And when they moved to 5e, they needed to figure out what to do with the license. The GSL wasn’t just a flop, it was a PR mess (not as bad as OGL 1.1, but still bad). Releasing 5e under the OGL brought (some of ) the 3PPs back into the fold and helped sell fans on the new edition. </p><p></p><p>WotC kept updating the SRD because they were stuck with the OGL, not because they had any fondness for it. They would have gotten rid of it in 2008 if they thought they could get away with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macd21, post: 8899815, member: 6683793"] No, WotC hated the OGL, they just didn’t think they could just declare it to be deauthorised to get rid of it (both for legal and marketing reasons, I imagine). And initially they didn’t think they’d have to - they could release 4ed under a new (more restrictive) license, everyone would switch to playing the latest edition of DnD, and that would be that. Sure, 3PPs could keep releasing stuff for 3ed, but given only a handful of people would still be playing, it wouldn’t matter, right? Obviously it didn’t quite work that way. And when they moved to 5e, they needed to figure out what to do with the license. The GSL wasn’t just a flop, it was a PR mess (not as bad as OGL 1.1, but still bad). Releasing 5e under the OGL brought (some of ) the 3PPs back into the fold and helped sell fans on the new edition. WotC kept updating the SRD because they were stuck with the OGL, not because they had any fondness for it. They would have gotten rid of it in 2008 if they thought they could get away with it. [/QUOTE]
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