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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hatmatter" data-source="post: 8895089" data-attributes="member: 75077">Well, those people are likely as responsible (perhaps) for the retraction and amendments as they were for the initial draft. To be honest with you, I have always felt like the OGL and Wizards's willingness to make its documents available for free on the website (like the most basic version of its rules or the adventures they published online during the pandemic) was very generous and not comparable to the holder of any other intellectual property that I can think of. I can't imagine Disney (which I like) permitting a third party publisher to publish a Wolverine comic, for example.I am torn in two in feeling ways that run in two different directions:<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I primarily yearn for D&D to be doing great and for the game and books and culture to be as good and as healthy as possible. To see the role-playing game community go nuclear over this is what really troubles me. I just want people happy: third party creators as well as the designers as Wizards of the Coast, who are the custodians of the games mechanics in the 21st century. This is NOT a criticism of anyone. I simply grieve because division, arguments, bickering, etc. has happened so often in the past and it was making me so happy to see the hobby doing so well these past ten years.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">I admire those who have spoken out strongly against the OGL changes in order to fight for the free circulation and publication of ideas. At the same time, I respect Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro for being willing to make revisions that acknowledge those objections, even in the face of (no doubt) constant pressure to produce a favorable bottom line (a treacherous path that many amateur designers and probably all players do not have to negotiate).</li> </ol>Cheers everyone! I have always valued Enworld. Hopefully we can all (including Wizards of the Coast) navigate this imbroglio within our community while maintaining respect for each other intact.</blockquote>

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