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Wizards surrendered? Or is it a trap?
Wrath of God:
Well it seems WOTC dropped case of OGL 2.0/1.2 and also put SRD on Creative Commons.
That's unexpected for me, expected them to fought harder I must say.
Seems Twitter/FB outrage was enough for some CEO's to decide it's to much trouble for not enough money back.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons
Dracones:
The SRD 5.1 under CC-BY-4.0 seems like a big deal. The only real "trap" is that some games used the 3.x SRDs which isn't CC licensed, but really the content of the 5.1 should cover their needs(monster names, spell names, stat blocks, etc). Also, Wizards can certainly release One DnD under whatever GSL they want.
But that really isn't a big deal. I don't think many people had issue with them releasing the new system under a restrictive license. It was the attempt to do that and force everyone into it that broke trust.
JRR:
It's irrelevant at this point. There's nothing to prevent them from sneakily revoking 1.0a in the middle of the night after the hubbub dies down. They've shown they can NEVER be trusted again. Ever. They are like an abusive spouse apologizing and promising to never hit us again. Sorry, you get to violate my trust once, and once only.
DocJones:
They surrendered. I'm pretty sure it was my survey comment "See you in court." that terrified them.
Jaeger:
--- Quote from: Wrath of God on January 27, 2023, 03:51:08 PM ---Well it seems WOTC dropped case of OGL 2.0/1.2 and also put SRD on Creative Commons.
That's unexpected for me, expected them to fought harder I must say.
Seems Twitter/FB outrage was enough for some CEO's to decide it's to much trouble for not enough money back.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons
--- End quote ---
If they really do follow through with all that, then it means that they were literally scared to death of another 4e scenario where a clone would outsell the official brand.
That being said; I fully expect devious shenanigans to follow...
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