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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7549216" data-attributes="member: 1">The OGL isn't the &quot;3E&quot; OGL or the &quot;5E&quot; OGL. There's just the OGL. And it hasn't been dumped, because it's non-rescindable.&nbsp; Both 3E and 5E have had some (but not all) of their content released under it, as have many other games.One of the main purposes of the OGL, as Ryan Dancey - its architect - said: it means that D&amp;D is here to stay. Nothing can make it go away, not even the whims of a (hypothetical) capricious publisher. So much of D&amp;D's basic terminology was released under it, you could pretty much replicate the game (sans the name). Indeed, even if WotC had not released a 5E SRD, most pf the 5E terminology (monster names, spell names, etc.) is all Open Content, and you could make a decent stab at replicating much of 5E under the OGL using just the 3E SRD. Plenty of publishers certainly released 5E compatible material under the already existing OGL without waiting for WotC, and many still do.The other main reason for the OGL was the theory that third party products which filled in the gaps too niche for WotC would result in a more supported game and drive core rulebook sales. *That* reason is largely gone now, with streamers driving core rulebook sales rather than third party publishers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7549216, member: 1"] The OGL isn't the "3E" OGL or the "5E" OGL. There's just the OGL. And it hasn't been dumped, because it's non-rescindable. Both 3E and 5E have had some (but not all) of their content released under it, as have many other games. One of the main purposes of the OGL, as Ryan Dancey - its architect - said: it means that D&D is here to stay. Nothing can make it go away, not even the whims of a (hypothetical) capricious publisher. So much of D&D's basic terminology was released under it, you could pretty much replicate the game (sans the name). Indeed, even if WotC had not released a 5E SRD, most pf the 5E terminology (monster names, spell names, etc.) is all Open Content, and you could make a decent stab at replicating much of 5E under the OGL using just the 3E SRD. Plenty of publishers certainly released 5E compatible material under the already existing OGL without waiting for WotC, and many still do. The other main reason for the OGL was the theory that third party products which filled in the gaps too niche for WotC would result in a more supported game and drive core rulebook sales. *That* reason is largely gone now, with streamers driving core rulebook sales rather than third party publishers. [/QUOTE]

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