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."

Dungeons & Dragons Clarifies Support for Third-Party Material as New Edition Draws Near

Wizards of the Coast has responded to rumors of changes to the Open Game License and System [...]

comicbook.com

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.

 

[darjr]

@Morrus reading it now.

 

[darjr]

Saw it first on Sadie’s Hive post

 

[BookTenTiger]

Here's the statement:

"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."

 

[Deset Gled]

Here's the statement:

That's a lot of words to say very little.

 

[darjr]

That's a lot of words to say very little.

The key bits being supporting 3rd parties with the release of OneD&D.

 

[Oofta]

That's a lot of words to say very little.

And ... as predicted they commented and already people are complaining.

 

[Lidgar]

"While it is certain our Open Game License (OGL) will continue to evolve, just as it has since its inception..."

I'm curious how the OGL has "evolved." Hasn't the document itself remained pretty much the same since release?

 

[J.Quondam]

So pretty much right where everything was before the "leak"?

 

[John Lloyd1]

It could be: "We haven't really thought about it (as a group)".