An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of the Coast

Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by musicale on Monday January 09, 2023 @04:33PM (#34316435)

I don't see how Wizards can "revoke" the OGL retroactively.

I really don't see how they can "revoke" the OGL on non-WoTC games.

Maybe Wizbro is mad that they're not getting any of the money that youtube and roll20 are taking in, but pulling a Nintendo seems completely counterproductive, since youtube and streamers are basically advertising D&D and helping newcomers learn how to play the game, and roll20 expands the group of players who can play (and also enabled groups to continue - or start - during the pandemic!)

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Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by 0x457 on Monday January 09, 2023 @06:43PM (#34318167)

OGL 1.0a:

    9. Updating the License: Wizards or its designated Agents may publish updated versions of this License. You may use any authorized version of this License to copy, modify and distribute any Open Game Content originally distributed under any version of this License.

If next OGL says that OGL 1.0a is no longer authorized - then it's retroactively invalidated.

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Re:An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of ... by lukkas on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @03:32AM (#34322035)

This clause doesn't grant updated versions the authority to deauthorize prior versions.

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