Eric Tenkar at #Tenkarstavern
OGL 1.1 - Frog God Games Issues Official Statement Regarding 1.1 - Tim... https://youtu.be/MuPk7BeiLwg via #ýoutube
Eric Tenkar at #Tenkarstavern
OGL 1.1 - Frog God Games Issues Official Statement Regarding 1.1 - Tim... https://youtu.be/MuPk7BeiLwg via #ýoutube
Cancelled my d&d beyond subscription in response to the OGL 1.1. There are plenty of other systems out there, and I have no desire to give it to #WizardsOfTheCoast / #Hasbro to further their corporate greed.
According to one of the original architect of the OGL, Hasbro cannot revoke former licences. All previous materials written under OGL1.0a will stay. No worries.
#ogl11 #OGLGate
Source: https://www.enworld.org/threads/ryan-dancey-hasbro-cannot-deauthorize-ogl.694196/
I reached out to the architect of the original Open Gaming License, former VP of Wizard of the Coast, Ryan Dancey, and asked his opinion about the current plan by WotC to 'deauthorize' the current OGL in favour of a new one. He responded as follows: Yeah my public opinion is that Hasbro does...
Seriously - at this point, they could come out with a new version of Planescape with new artwork from Tony DiTerlizzi, or a new Dark Sun with fresh Brom art, and I'd still tell them where they can stick it. I don't care if it's good - it's poison now.
They can't take my existing books, and I'll still finish my existing campaigns, but anything new is likely to be under different games. #ogl #OneDnD #ogl11 #BoycottWizards
The new OGL is going to be a completely toxic document and is effectively unusable by any 3rd-party developer (including devs who aren't even making 5e content, like Paizo, since it's still all OGL 1.0, which 1.1 will try to render unauthorized and thus invalid). As of now, I recommend completely cutting off any future WotC purchases. #ogl #OneDnD #ogl11 #BoycottWizards
https://gizmodo.com/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634