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WotC Talks OGL... Again! Draft Coming Jan 20th With Feedback Survey; v1 De-Auth Still On
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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 8906197" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>If it does target other ttrpg publishes then Wizards is being ridiculous because even the biggest of them is a small business not a "major corporation".</p><p></p><p>Do you mean this quote "we wanted to ensure that the OGL is for the content creator, the homebrewer, the aspiring designer, our players, and the community—not major corporations to use for their own commercial and promotional purpose."</p><p></p><p>The first part of that quote - up to the emdash - is under a charitable read emotional PR speak trying to get customers onto their side by pretending that they're doing us a favor by breaking their contract with the community. Under an uncharitable read it suggests they literally do not know what the ttrpg community is and how they use the OGL, so I'll be charitable and go for the cynical read.</p><p></p><p>The second half - after the emdash - could be more emotional PR speak to try to get knee jerk "my major corporation can beat up your major corporation" team feelings in readers. Given the context that's a likely read.</p><p></p><p>But I can't help but think of "promotional purpose" being so prominently displayed there and thinking of the Wendy's RPG they put out for promotional purposes, or the Old Spice "gentleman" class. Now neither of those were OGL'd and if Wizards wanted to put a stop to them they could sue for trade dress infringement and possible lose or win depending on the lawyers. So it doesn't make sense to put that there. But I'm not convinced that the folks trying to revoke the license actually understand what it does and does allow - and that D&D Beyond post doesn't help - so it's possible they think that's something that revoking the OGL could stop when, in fact, it has nothing to do with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 8906197, member: 19857"] If it does target other ttrpg publishes then Wizards is being ridiculous because even the biggest of them is a small business not a "major corporation". Do you mean this quote "we wanted to ensure that the OGL is for the content creator, the homebrewer, the aspiring designer, our players, and the community—not major corporations to use for their own commercial and promotional purpose." The first part of that quote - up to the emdash - is under a charitable read emotional PR speak trying to get customers onto their side by pretending that they're doing us a favor by breaking their contract with the community. Under an uncharitable read it suggests they literally do not know what the ttrpg community is and how they use the OGL, so I'll be charitable and go for the cynical read. The second half - after the emdash - could be more emotional PR speak to try to get knee jerk "my major corporation can beat up your major corporation" team feelings in readers. Given the context that's a likely read. But I can't help but think of "promotional purpose" being so prominently displayed there and thinking of the Wendy's RPG they put out for promotional purposes, or the Old Spice "gentleman" class. Now neither of those were OGL'd and if Wizards wanted to put a stop to them they could sue for trade dress infringement and possible lose or win depending on the lawyers. So it doesn't make sense to put that there. But I'm not convinced that the folks trying to revoke the license actually understand what it does and does allow - and that D&D Beyond post doesn't help - so it's possible they think that's something that revoking the OGL could stop when, in fact, it has nothing to do with it. [/QUOTE]
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