The recently leaked Dungeons & Dragons changes to the OGL 1.0 certainly infuriated fans of the franchise. As the leak came to light, the developers, Wizards of the Coast, posted a survey asking the fans what they were looking for. An overwhelming 88% did not want to publish content under their revised OGL, OGL 1.2.
According to Kyle Brink, Executive Producer of Dungeons & Dragons, the company is taking the community's feedback seriously and will act accordingly. With that in mind, OGL 1.0 won't be de-authorized and the entire SRD (Systems Resource Document) of D&D 5.1 are going to be in Creative Commons. But what does this mean for players?
The major problem that fans had with the leaked information was the de-authorization and changing of OGL 1.0a. The notion that Wizards of the Coast could alter something that was decades-old and start making negative changes resulted in significant outrage across the tabletop community. It took several days for the company to finally respond, and their secondary response wasn't met with much joy or hope from the community.
This latest announcement has given players hope for the future of the hobby. In a recent D&D Beyond post, Kyle Brink made several promises to the fans, with the first being that the OGL 1.0a will be left untouched.
The entirety of SRD 5.1 will also be available under a Creative Commons license. Content creators can choose which license they want to put their content under. The SRD is the Systems Resource Document and is basically a version of the Players’ Handbook.
It doesn’t have trademarked terms from Dungeons & Dragons, so content creators can use it to publish their own work with D&D systems. Content creators can also remove parts that they don’t like and add
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