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A reminder that the old OGL (the one they say they will now continue with) is still nonsense: According to at least some IP attorneys, it restricts your existin
by wolverine876 4y ago
A reminder that the old OGL (the one they say they will now continue with) is still nonsense: According to at least some IP attorneys, it restricts your existing legal rights for little benefit, and in most cases you're better off without it.
Here's the EFF:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/01/beware-gifts-dragons-how-dds-open-gaming-license-may-have-become-trap-creators https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/01/beware-gifts-dragons-h...
Also, they claimed they could revoke the old OGL at any time; I assume that hasn't changed.
- miiiiiike 4y agoThe OGL is not nonsense. Before today if you wanted to use the SRD, a work protected by copyright, you needed to do so under the terms of the OGL. The 5.1 SRD is now under CC, which is a much better (i.e. less restrictive) license and addresses all of the concerns raised in the linked article.
- wolverine876 4y ago> Before today if you wanted to use the SRD, a work protected by copyright, you needed to do so under the terms of the OGL. According to the IP attorneys I read, the SRD entirely/mostly contains uncopyrightable content. Wizards said you needed the OGL to use it, but that is not true. You could use it without a license. For example: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/01/beware-gifts-dragons-how-dds-open-gaming-license-may-have-become-trap-creators https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/01/beware-gifts-dragons-h...