D&D fans deem January 19 OGL 1.2 draft unacceptable: \u201cStill not good\u201d Wizards of the Coast\/HasbroThe Dungeons & Dragons world has been ablaze with controversy over Wizards of the Coast\u2019s decision to release a new Open Game License (OGL), and they\u2019ve labeled the January 19 version of the document unacceptable. The controversy around OGL 1.2 has continually rolled since the January 5 report that revealed much of the inner workings of the new document. After listening to player and creator feedback, WOTC announced they would be making revisions and that any new version of the OGL would come with an avenue for direct feedback. That new draft has arrived, but communal tension is still high, and many are still not on board. Wizards\u2019 new OGL 1.2 update rejected by D&D fans There are several major changes in the updated version. First is that D&D\u2019s \u201ccore mechanics\u201d (as defined in the System Reference Document that serves as a companion to the OGL) are being released under Creative Commons. This means that Hasbro and WOTC would no longer have any direct authority over how those rules are used in the future, and since fan creation is its own community within the game, this is a major step for the franchise as a whole. While that part of the update has scored big across the board, there are still concerns over other content moderation policies. In the new doc, which was released on Wizard\u2019s-owned D&DBeyond, there is a section that reaffirms the current OGL being replaced in whole by version 1.2. This means that content that was originally licensed under the current agreement can stay in circulation, but that any new content will be subject to a fresh batch of restraints. \u201cWe can\u2019t use the protective options in 1.2 if someone can just choose to publish harmful, discriminatory, or illegal content under 1.0a,\u201d Executive Producer Kyle Brink stated. Fans are still wary of this language, as it\u2019s later clearly stated that WOTC will have sole control over what meets those criteria. So, I tried to be receptive. But, no. \u2014 YoDanno #DragonlanceDragonlance (@YoDanno) January 19, 2023 You claim you need to deauthorize OGL 1.0a so you can add your new \u2018protective\u2019 clause. It\u2019s not protective. What it does do is give you the sole right to decide what gets to be published based on arbitrary ideas. pic.twitter.com\/FwqZHB5eUK \u201cIt\u2019s not protective,\u201d one disgruntled fan claimed. \u201cWhat it does do is give you the sole right to decide what gets to be published based on arbitrary ideas.\u201d Another commenter called this portion \u201cripe for misuse\u201d and raised concerns over who gets to play \u201cmoral arbiter\u201d in the future. Other fans are fighting back against the idea that the current version needs to change at all, with more than one calling the whole situation \u201cpointless\u201d or \u201cgreedy\u201d. As promised, WOTC has opened a survey to assess feedback on the situation, and if the Twitter conversation is anything to judge by then further adjustments may be in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
D&D fans deem January 19 OGL 1.2 draft unacceptable: \u201cStill not good\u201d Wizards of the Coast\/HasbroThe Dungeons & Dragons world has been ablaze with controversy over Wizards of the Coast\u2019s decision to release a new Open Game License (OGL), and they\u2019ve labeled the January 19 version of the document unacceptable. The controversy around OGL 1.2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79763\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}