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What's interesting(/blows my mind) though is that unsubstantiated rumours about the new OGL started going around weeks ago. This caused a massive amount of conc

• hutzlibu 4y ago
  "Yet despite all that they've suddenly come out with this draconian agreement which is worse than most of the rumours that had already caused a huge outrage." Well, they explicitely state, that they are ready to change a bit, if the shitstorm is big enough. "The document does note that if the company oversteps, they are aware that they “will receive community pushback and bad PR, and We’re more than open to being convinced that We made a wrong decision.”" I hope this will get settled in court, though. The 1.0 Licence seems to be unclear whether it is revokable, but since there was a FAQ section on WoTCs Website explicitely stating you can always ignore changes you don't like, then this is what I would settle for, if I would have invested in it. The picture of the FAQ: https://miro.medium.com/max/640/1*ZdwvKxvMZWmS4xQZPcHJHw.webp https://miro.medium.com/max/640/1*ZdwvKxvMZWmS4xQZPcHJHw.web... from this article https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-tal...
  • ck425 4y ago
    > Well, they explicitely state, that they are ready to change a bit, if the shitstorm is big enough. Yes and there already was a massive shitstorm that they attempted to address before these additional details were leaked. That's the part that confuses me. It should have been crystal clear to WotC that there would be huge outrage over this leaked document. The chain of events so far has been: - Rumours started about changes in the new OGL to make it more restrictive but with little actual details. - Creators within the community start worrying and raising a shitstorm based on their negative presumptions of the new OGL. - WotC post about the new OGL on DndBeyond to address the rumours (https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d). They say they hadn't planned to share details so soon but felt they had to to reassure the community due to the shitstorm the unsubstantiated rumours had raised. The details they share seem reasonable, if more restrictive, and WotC say they want to make the process easy for creators. - The text of the OGL is leaked and it's waaay more restrictive than the blog post implied and arguable worse than most creators originally feared during the initial shitstorm.
    • sobkas 4y ago
      > > Well, they explicitely state, that they are ready to change a bit, if the shitstorm is big enough. > Yes and there already was a massive shitstorm that they attempted to address before these additional details were leaked. That's the part that confuses me. It should have been crystal clear to WotC that there would be huge outrage over this leaked document. The chain of events so far has been: > - Rumours started about changes in the new OGL to make it more restrictive but with little actual details. - Creators within the community start worrying and raising a shitstorm based on their negative presumptions of the new OGL. - WotC post about the new OGL on DndBeyond to address the rumours (https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d). They say they hadn't planned to share details so soon but felt they had to to reassure the community due to the shitstorm the unsubstantiated rumours had raised. The details they share seem reasonable, if more restrictive, and WotC say they want to make the process easy for creators. - The text of the OGL is leaked and it's waaay more restrictive than the blog post implied and arguable worse than most creators originally feared during the initial shitstorm. Because from their perspective it's more advantageous to slit goose throat than share its golden eggs with competition allowing it to grow and in the future threaten wotc/hasbro position.