- Wizards of the Coast announced on December 21, 2022 that a new version of the Open Gaming License (OGL) would be released, causing confusion in the gaming community.
- The letter writer, who represents Sad Fishe Games and Prudence Holdings, has tried to contact Wizards of the Coast through various channels to seek clarification, but has not received a response.
- There are rumors that the new 1.1 version of the OGL will restrict the use of the 1.0a version and require contributors to share financial data and potentially pay a royalty to Wizards of the Coast for the use of OGL content.
- The letter writer argues that the 1.0a version of the OGL cannot be revoked and that Wizards of the Coast does not have the authority to terminate the license or force contributors to use the 1.1 version.
- The letter writer cites previous statements made by Wizards of the Coast and case law to support this interpretation.
- The letter writer requests that Wizards of the Coast provide a more definite statement on the 1.1 version of the OGL and deauthorize any attempt to repudiate the 1.0a version.
ChatGPT is probably even better than those random Reddit news article summaries that were all the rage for a while.
ChatGPT doesn't care about getting it right or wrong, and won't get rewarded / penalized for it.
- that the legal action to be taken against WotC would be focused around building a coalition for a "class action" injunction against WotC based on their "apparent intention to breach the 1.0a Open Gaming License".
- "22-23 years of conduct on the part of WotC which ratifies the important section",
- provided a very narrow alley for a semi-face-saving "out" to WotC in the form of "perhaps this was all a big misunderstanding".
- overall tone was very "we will 100% absolutely demolish you in court but would rather you just come to your senses".
- threatened legal subpoenas depositions with all that entails, namely the implications implicit in depositions that resulting information would either: cause great embarrassment to WotC or potentially open up perjury/etc charges against individuals if they obscured embarrassing testimony.
If I was posting a ChatGPT summary I would have used the ChatGPT output as a starting point and edited these points into it, and blending my style with OpenGPT's style. That's what I'd like others to do as well if they insist on using ChatGPT so much.
Would you mind explaining why you don't want to go into another person's Google Drive? Just Google tracking?
And, since it's Google Drive, I don't want to deal with having to open the link in a private browser. For the person saying "isn't it easy just to open it in a private browser?" sure; but it's also friction I don't feel like dealing with, especially since it could easily be a PDF or whatever and my concerns remain.
It is arbitrary, and it really is nothing more than a letter. But it sets expectations on what consequences may arise if they choose not to respond. It is now up to Wizard of the Coast to decide whether and how to respond.
* forces the issue, and demands action from WoTC; fairly common
* keeps the issue front and center, ensures it is visible for the rest of the community, which means they can act accordingly (instead of it quietly happening behind the scenes, followed by targeted Cease and Desists, settlements, etc.)
* only requires a response; Hasboro might be able to buy time, offer an olive branch, etc.
- Gamers
- Gamers: Dorkness Rising
- Gamers: Hand of Fate(??? I didn't see this one, I think that's the title?)
If they're self-publishing, well, it's a pity everyone forgot what happened with 4E and the GSL.
This letter was sent to Wizards of the Coast yesterday, asking for clarification on the situation within 10 days.
The biggest effect from all of this that I can see is that everyone I know that's normally super enthusiastic about creating Dungeons & Dragons content (including myself!) is now deflated, not knowing what they should do about their upcoming projects (that they may have sunk thousands in already).