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<blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8866206" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>HAH. There we go.</p><p></p><p>Fascinating that they put this out through D&D Beyond. I guess it's WotC's official D&D mouthpiece now? That's kind of new.</p><p></p><p>Hmmm let's look through see what we can see:</p><p></p><p>1) Okay they're REALLY BIG MAD about Solasta and websites.</p><p></p><p>That's kind of surprising to me, but that change of the OGL is specifically to screw companies like Tactical Adventures and prevent there ever being another Solasta.</p><p></p><p>This is also really interestingly awful because it means it screws websites and apps. You can't have a nice website which is semi-automatic or has a character builder or whatever, you can't have an app like the old Beyond app, either. It's PDFs or Print or die in a fire from WotC's perspective. You couldn't even have a website that listed all the SRD materials like literally every game that has an SRD currently has. That's explicitly illegal here.</p><p></p><p>This is PRETTY RUDE in my opinion. Like rude-rude.</p><p></p><p>2) HMMMMM this "report yourself to the RPG cops if you want to sell things" stuff doesn't sound great.</p><p></p><p>You gotta tell your good buddy WotC what you're making, and if you're making a living from it?</p><p></p><p>They give no indication of <em>why</em> they need this, or what their purposes for gathering this info are, but it does smack of "The RPG police" lol (mostly joking but not 100% joking).</p><p></p><p>And if you make BIG MONEY (750k income) WotC wants a cut or I guess they'll break your knees?</p><p></p><p>I don't foresee this going super-great for WotC unless they're offering some concessions and/or what is in the SRD Is a whole lot more generous than currently, both of which doubt.</p><p></p><p>GSL 2.0 here we come. Especially as it sounds like they may want to flex the "OGL 1.1" further in future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ruin Explorer, post: 8866206, member: 18"] HAH. There we go. Fascinating that they put this out through D&D Beyond. I guess it's WotC's official D&D mouthpiece now? That's kind of new. Hmmm let's look through see what we can see: 1) Okay they're REALLY BIG MAD about Solasta and websites. That's kind of surprising to me, but that change of the OGL is specifically to screw companies like Tactical Adventures and prevent there ever being another Solasta. This is also really interestingly awful because it means it screws websites and apps. You can't have a nice website which is semi-automatic or has a character builder or whatever, you can't have an app like the old Beyond app, either. It's PDFs or Print or die in a fire from WotC's perspective. You couldn't even have a website that listed all the SRD materials like literally every game that has an SRD currently has. That's explicitly illegal here. This is PRETTY RUDE in my opinion. Like rude-rude. 2) HMMMMM this "report yourself to the RPG cops if you want to sell things" stuff doesn't sound great. You gotta tell your good buddy WotC what you're making, and if you're making a living from it? They give no indication of [I]why[/I] they need this, or what their purposes for gathering this info are, but it does smack of "The RPG police" lol (mostly joking but not 100% joking). And if you make BIG MONEY (750k income) WotC wants a cut or I guess they'll break your knees? I don't foresee this going super-great for WotC unless they're offering some concessions and/or what is in the SRD Is a whole lot more generous than currently, both of which doubt. GSL 2.0 here we come. Especially as it sounds like they may want to flex the "OGL 1.1" further in future. [/QUOTE]
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