Wizards of the Coast is hating on players with their proposed OGL (Open Gaming License) 1.1 revision.

[Endarire]

Because many of us are D&D fans and this may apply to us, here's the tweet saying that the permissions of the OGL 1.0a for fan works is something WotC wants gone, gone, gone!

I never subscribed to D&D Beyond, but now's a very good time for you to unsubscribe if you are subscribed.

Thankee!

Edited January 12, 2023 by Endarire

[Thacobell]

I wonder how or even if this can roll out. When the OGL was concieved a clause was put in saying that it could never be altered. Whether revoking it and putting up a replacement counts as altering or not, I couldn't say. There's also the matter of how this would be enforced. There would be very little copyrighted material to even claim, since the OGL is used for original works. I imagine some class action lawyer is rubbing their hands together at the thought.

Edited January 14, 2023 by Thacobell
Atrocious grammar and missing words.

[lynx]

The fact that they still haven't commented anything is enough for me, the intentions were clearly malicious. And the community is already proposing alternative governance models for a new open game license, new gaming systems etc. They couldn't have shot themselves in the foot harder if they tried.

I don't understand how one could retroactively change a license — any such legal text that allows it is garbage.

EDIT: I feel this is an appropriate level of hype for the future:

 

Edited January 13, 2023 by lynx