Quotes from OGL 1.1 (via Linda Condega)

[Morrus]

Linda Condega from Gizmodo has a copy of the OGL and is sharing snippets on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/lincodega

• “[The original OGL] wasn’t intended to subsidize major competitors, especially now that PDF is by far the most common form of distribution.”
• “It does not allow for anything else, including but not limited to things like videos, virtual tabletops or VTT campaigns, computer games, novels, apps, graphics novels, music, songs, dances, and pantomimes."
• “This agreement governs Your use of the Licensed Content and... any prior agreements between Us and You are no longer in force.”
• “This agreement is… an update to the previously available OGL 1.0(a), which is no longer an authorized license agreement”

 

[Yaarel]

Is the OGL 1.1 itself trying to revoke the earlier OGL?

Or is it saying that future WotC products will no longer use the earlier OGL?

 

[Yaarel]

It seems to me, the prohibition of "pantomimes" relates to punishing and monetizing things like cosplay and LARP combats, such as Wizard spells as part of the combat.

 

[p_johnston]

Is the OGL 1.1 itself trying to revoke the earlier OGL?

Or is it saying that future WotC products will no longer use the earlier OGL?

WotC is getting crapped on HARD by the community right now. This is a whole lot of bad PR for them and the longer it goes on the harder it will be for them to undo it. If they weren't planning on trying to do the thing that everyone is hating on them for they would have made an announcement as soon as possible.
Then again the Execs at Wotc are apparently idiots so who knows?

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Then again the Execs at Wotc are apparently idiots so who knows?

 

[Drake2000]

WotC is getting crapped on HARD by the community right now.

Some of them are former MS execs. They have to be pretty inured to customer criticisms by now.

 

[Bacon Bits]

WotC is getting crapped on HARD by the community right now. This is a whole lot of bad PR for them and the longer it goes on the harder it will be for them to undo it. If they weren't planning on trying to do the thing that everyone is hating on them for they would have made an announcement as soon as possible.
Then again the Execs at Wotc are apparently idiots so who knows?

Hey, it's the same people who thought the Magic 30th Anniversary Edition should be a non-tournament legal edition of Alpha/Beta except $250 for a pack of 15 cards.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

It seems to me, the prohibition of "pantomimes" relates to punishing and monetizing things like cosplay and LARP combats, such as Wizard spells as part of the combat.

It's really doing things like that on Tik Tok. Still really stupid.

 

[Henadic Theologian]

Linda Condega from Gizmodo has a copy of the OGL and is sharing snippets on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/lincodega

• “[The original OGL] wasn’t intended to subsidize major competitors, especially now that PDF is by far the most common form of distribution.”
• “It does not allow for anything else, including but not limited to things like videos, virtual tabletops or VTT campaigns, computer games, novels, apps, graphics novels, music, songs, dances, and pantomimes."
• “This agreement governs Your use of the Licensed Content and... any prior agreements between Us and You are no longer in force.”
• “This agreement is… an update to the previously available OGL 1.0(a), which is no longer an authorized license agreement”

She also shared that this was actually supposed to be released today and wasn't suggests that this thing might already be dead or on the cusp of it, and leaking this is just to make sure those supposing OGL 1.1 can't save it.

It's not been released when it was supposed to be, WotC has assumed complete dead silence on this even after it was confirmed by Kickstarter, I wouldn't be surprised if WotC is in utter chaos right now and I'm wondering if Ray Winninger knew about this and if he resigned over it.

 

[GMforPowergamers]

It's really doing things like that on Tik Tok. Still really stupid.

3/4 of the Tik Tok creators I follow are D&D related so that could suck