Wizards/Hasbro - Do NOT Change the OGL License

[The Perilous Dreamer]

4,139 have signed

Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro intend to change the Open Gaming License (OGL), which has stood for 23 years and boosted the success of 3rd Edition D&D and 5th Edition D&D.

This new license threatens to undo the game's new-found popularity and to undermine the principle of open gaming, which has become a staple of the hobby and has underpinned many games, not just those derived from Dungeons & Dragons.

Pushing through this new license and attempting to invalidate the old one - 1.0a - threatens to annihilate all the goodwill and participation that has built up in recent years and to damage not just D&D but the hobby as a whole irrevocably. It also goes against the explicit wishes of those who created the open license in the first place.

Previous attempts to scale back or do away with the license (under 4e D&D) were a disaster.

We appeal to Wizards/Hasbro to cancel this move and to retain the existing dual-license model moving forward.

Wizards/Hasbro - Do NOT Change the OGL License

[The Perilous Dreamer]

There are quite a few petition going now, some have reached over 50,000 signers, this one is over 10,000.

[JMiskimen]

Not to be a black pilled downer, but THEY aren't gonna change a thing with the attitude that folks like you and me are merely "obstacles between them and their money." They really believe that in a few weeks the outrage will die down and they'll quietly stay the course with OGL 1.1 ...

Maybe all the cancelations of D&D Beyond subscriptions got THEIR attention?

sigh ...

JM.

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Jan 12, 2023 21:31:03 GMT -5 JMiskimen said:

Not to be a black pilled downer, but THEY aren't gonna change a thing with the attitude that folks like you and me are merely "obstacles between them and their money." They really believe that in a few weeks the outrage will die down and they'll quietly stay the course with OGL 1.1 ...

Maybe all the cancelations of D&D Beyond subscriptions got THEIR attention?

sigh ...

JM.

I don't think it matters too much at this point. They have a ton of bad PR, several major players are going OGL free and they have aliened tons of DMs which means their VTT is going to have trouble and they are not prepared yet to go full video game, so no DM needed and a dozen other things.

They have not yet spoken out, but apparently they are now calling it OGL 2.0.

I have read a ton of news and what I think they have done is instead of one semi-major competitor (Paizo), they have created the conditions to end out with 6 to 12 competitors. They have cut off hydra heads.