27 January 2023

The Good Guys win! The OGL will remain

From Polygon

Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast will abandon attempts to alter the Open Gaming License (OGL). The announcement, made Friday, comes after weeks of virulent anger from fans and third-party publishers caused the story to make international headlines — and on the eve of a high-profile movie starring Chris Pine.

Full article here.

Sometimes good things do happen!

A perfect day for this news: tonight I'm going to see The Fellowship of the Ring on a 60-foot screen with a symphony Orchestra performing the score.

ETA: The official statement via Dungeons & Dragons Beyond is here.

3 comments:

  1. Conspicuously absent is any sort of guarantee that they won't simply try again another day.

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    1. Well they can't revoke the grant of the 5.1 SRD to the Creative Commons. I guess they could try to close off the 3e-3.5e SRD material, which has a lot more 'fluff text' - the 5e SRD has no monster descriptions, just stats.

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