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Wizards of the Coast Changes Course, Gamers Win

Accepted submission by upstart at 2023-01-28 13:01:14
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Wizards of the Coast changes course, gamers win [boingboing.net]:

Breaking nerd news: Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast has done a complete about-face on their controversial plans to deauthorize the Open Gaming License 1.0 and replace it with a far more restrictive one that would have seriously compromised a lot of content creators.

See the DungeonCraft video above and this piece [polygon.com] on Polygon:

Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast will abandon attempts to alter the Open Gaming License (OGL). The announcement [dndbeyond.com], made Friday, comes after weeks of virulent anger from fans and third-party publishers caused the story to make international headlines — and on the eve of a high-profile movie [polygon.com] starring Chris Pine.

The OGL was developed and refined in the lead-up to D&D's 3rd edition, and a version of it has been in place for more than 20 years. It provides a legal framework by which people have been able to build their own tabletop RPGs alongside the Hasbro-owned brand. It has also buoyed the entire role-playing game industry, giving rise to popular products from Paizo, Kobold Press, and many individual creators. But proposed changes to the OGL, leaked to and first reported on by io9 [gizmodo.com] on Jan. 5, seemed like they would create an adversarial relationship between Wizards and its community. The story has since made headlines around the world — including a nearly 10-minute segment this week on NPR's All Things Considered [npr.org] and lengthy write-ups by organizations such as CNBC [cnbc.com].

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