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The 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
by miiiiiike 4y ago
The 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...