mamba
Legend
I think this makes it more likely for 1DD to be compatible with 5e, not less so. If they had managed to revoke the OGL as planned, then no one could branch off 5e any more, so they were more free to make larger changes. With 5e now being under CC, the branching can happen at any time (and is happening right now with Kobold Press and Cubicle 7 working on 5e compatible games), so the incentive to not fracture the player base is stronger than before.
Before, the worst outcome would have been for people to stick with 5e for some time before joining 1DD eventually, now they might stay with 5e variants indefinitely if WotC cannot move them over to 1DD.
Before, the worst outcome would have been for people to stick with 5e for some time before joining 1DD eventually, now they might stay with 5e variants indefinitely if WotC cannot move them over to 1DD.