The purpose for keeping the OGL with pf2e was: 1. simplify things for 3rd party publishers. rather than worry about multiple licenses, just publish under the s

The purpose for keeping the OGL with pf2e was: 1. simplify things for 3rd party publishers. rather than worry about multiple licenses, just publish under the same one as pathfinder 1e, 3.5e, and 5e, that they already know like the back of their hand 2. save costs. writing a new license is expensive. it apparently would have delayed release of the pf2e system and significantly increased the cost 3. cover their ass just in case WotC thinks pf2e is still too similar to d&d there’s really no way they could have foreseen a rugpull like this. everyone thought the OGL was ironclad until yesterday. hindsight is 20/20 though.