, Wizards of the Coast announced that it is fully putting the kibosh on the proposed Open Gaming License 1.2 that threw the tabletop RPG community into disarray at the beginning of this month.
Instead, Wizards will leave the previously enshrined OGL 1.0 in place, while also putting the latest D&D Systems Reference Document under a Creative Commons License .The original OGL was put in place with the third edition of D&D in 2000, and allowed other companies and creators to base their work off D&D and the d20 system without payment to or oversight from Wizards., which proposed royalty payments and creative control by Wizards over derivative works.
With 15,000 respondents in, the results of the survey were pretty damning. 88% didn't"want to publish TTRPG content under OGL 1.2," while 89% were"dissatisfied with deauthorizing OGL 1.0a." 62% were happy that Wizards would put prior SRD versions under Creative Commons, with most of the dissenters wantingIn response, Wizards of the Coast caved. It's leaving the OGL 1.0 in place, and will add the up-to-date SRD 5.
"We don't control that license and cannot alter or revoke it," D&D executive producer Kyle Brink wrote in the blog post above."Placing the SRD under a Creative Commons is a one-way door. There's no going back." Wizards of the Coast has closed the OGL 1.2 survey, and while this marks a decisive victory for the community, there remain lingering questions and not a little bit of ill will towards Wizards for its initial push to change the OGL. PC Gamer Senior Editor Robin Valentine wondersin the first place, arguing that this could be an opportunity for a fresh start in tabletop roleplay.
They backed off only because they were forced to. The second they think they can get away with it, they'll try again.
After consulting their lawyers and realizing they have no footing, Wizards dropped their plans
Nice work, all!
Greedy execs can't help themselves. This is how you lose trust of your customers and inspire people that love your product to become your competitors instead.
lol
Way too late, they lost the trust of 3rd party devs and players.
Now, if only they can remove the wokeness from the game.
Too late, Paizo is already eating their lunch.
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