Say what you will about the initial decision to leech money off players and creators: kudos to WotC for reversing course. This does not at all absolve them from even thinking about OGL 1.1 (1.2?...
Say what you will about the initial decision to leech money off players and creators: kudos to WotC for reversing course.
This does not at all absolve them from even thinking about OGL 1.1 (1.2? why are they calling it 1.2?), but it is a good start.
This is kind of nice all things considered. Wizards probably made the decision that maybe they could defend revoking the OGL in court, but they wouldn't be defending all that much worth keeping,...
This is kind of nice all things considered. Wizards probably made the decision that maybe they could defend revoking the OGL in court, but they wouldn't be defending all that much worth keeping, while having a bad quarter with a movie on the way and the new hotness actively being play tested by the most devout test market that is super pissed off.
Which begs a question, what will OneDnD offer that Free (point) 5th edition doesn't? The playtest material doesn't seem that different to what has came before, and any novel changes worth keeping could probably be house ruled in. Maybe the virtual table top market is the next new frontier, and maybe branding goes a long way in that space, but Wizards is kind of in between a rock and a hard place if someone can just make a better product in yet another offbrand Tolkien setting.
Say what you will about the initial decision to leech money off players and creators: kudos to WotC for reversing course.
This does not at all absolve them from even thinking about OGL 1.1 (1.2? why are they calling it 1.2?), but it is a good start.
And doing it under CC is definitely a more-solid olive branch than a lot of others I've seen.
Seems good but they've burned any trust available so even as good as this seems I remain suspicious
This is kind of nice all things considered. Wizards probably made the decision that maybe they could defend revoking the OGL in court, but they wouldn't be defending all that much worth keeping, while having a bad quarter with a movie on the way and the new hotness actively being play tested by the most devout test market that is super pissed off.
Which begs a question, what will OneDnD offer that Free (point) 5th edition doesn't? The playtest material doesn't seem that different to what has came before, and any novel changes worth keeping could probably be house ruled in. Maybe the virtual table top market is the next new frontier, and maybe branding goes a long way in that space, but Wizards is kind of in between a rock and a hard place if someone can just make a better product in yet another offbrand Tolkien setting.
From the article:
Meaning that it's all-inclusive. The SRD is free to use, anywhere, anytime. Including in VTTs.