Statement on OGL from WotC

Wizards of the Coast has made a short statement regarding the ongoing rumors surrounding OneD&D and the Open Gaming License. In a short response to Comicbook.com, the company said "We will continue to support the thousands of creators making third-party D&D content with the release of One D&D in 2024. While it is certain our Open Game License (OGL) will continue to evolve, just as it has since its inception, we're too early in the development of One D&D to give more specifics on the OGL or System Reference Document (SRD) at this time."

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It's not clear what WotC means when they say that the OGL will 'continue to evolve' -- while there have been two versions of the license released over the years, each is non-rescindible so people are free to use whichever version of the license they wish. Indeed, that is written into the license itself -- "Wizards or its designated Agents may publish updated versions of this License. You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License."

During the D&D 4th Edition era, WotC published a new, separate license called the Game System Licence (GSL). While it was used by third party publishers, it was generally upopular.
 
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UngainlyTitan

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.1More likely 1.1 is dead and they are discussing the best way to extract themselves from this disaster. WotC can see the current tidal wave of nerd rage coming their way from all sides.

Plus there could be a lot of internal politics going on at Hasbro with finger pointing and so on going on.
1.1 as we understand it is possibly dead but if they keep it essentially the same but make it "opt in" and reassure the community that they are not going to try to break the existing OGL.
Then the situation is recoverable. That said, being a fly on the wall at meetings now could be fun.
 










Iff all it takes is a nerd rage backlash on line to change corp policy that had to go through marketing legal and most likely more... I will be shocked

It's all it took for WotC to fold in the face of the Dragonlance lawsuit, they saw fans were pissed and folded, settling out of court, giving Tracy and Maraget what they wanted, for WotC not to breach the contract made with them.

They really need better lawyers who will tell the bosses the truth instead of what they want to hear.
 



Levistus's_Leviathan

5e Freelancer
It's all it took for WotC to fold in the face of the Dragonlance lawsuit, they saw fans were pissed and folded, settling out of court, giving Tracy and Maraget what they wanted, for WotC not to breach the contract made with them.
Do you have any evidence that this is what happened, or is this just speculation?
They really need better lawyers who will tell the bosses the truth instead of what they want to hear.
Again, baseless speculation.
 

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