And also allowed them to copy it for their own use. However, it gave them a non-revocable perpetual license to use, sell, re-license and do whatever they wanted with your content. The new OGL didn’t touch your ownership of the content. It doesn’t say whether you still will need to sign a specific license for it either, and if they can forbid you from going forwards, which was something the OGL 1.1 absolutely allowed WOTC to do. They can suddenly ask for royalties anytime. But let’s recall they haven’t said if they’ll still have the “can change this license whenever we want” clause. This would be “nice” (not if they reserve the right to use the content you made themselves). Doesn’t say the old OGL won’t be revoked though (and it will absolutely get revoked if they can), which means that products and companies built on the old OGL suddenly have to change their entire business model. It doesn’t even specify DnD-related content here, again. ![]() If the systems themselves can’t be hosted in VTTs, the homebrewed content sold on them won’t work. ![]() I don’t think many people are planning to move to the new edition once it’s out, but the fact it is not mentioned here is worrying. I don’t think the new OGL ever asked for a cut of that.Īlso, be aware that this does talk about 5e, but not OneDnD. But not taking a cut out of commissions and paid DM sessions is, well, the bare minimum. This one does specifically clear that 5e content is included and not getting affected by the OGL. You can absolutely make any content using your creations, but this statement does really not say anything about stuff made pulling terminology taken from DnD. Is the 6-stat array getting included in the new OGL as WOTC’s, for example? Can you sell merch using these terms? Is “drow barbarian” something they may will try to argue as being their content, not yours? This one talks about “your characters or your world”, but not exactly about how this overlaps with terms that may be getting hit by the OGL. ![]() Let’s also recall most streamers (small and big) don’t only survive on streaming, but also sell homebrewed content of their own, which is impacted by the new OGL. This statement does not mention anything about it. I wonder how this one works with paywalled streamed content, like d20. Yet, let’s also revise the statements one by one, because most of them are purposefully ambiguous: And if you already signed it, you are thoroughly screwed up. They can make a seemingly friendly OGL 1.1 (or OGL 2.0, whatever they wanna call it), and change it when people stop paying attention. Let me explain why is this entire announcement does not provide much:įor starters, none of these statements mean anything as long as they have the clause that allows them to change the new OGL with a 30 days notice. So, WOTC has released a new announcement (again, through DnD Beyond instead of other channels), which is another PR attempt to diffuse tensions.
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