An nameless reader shares a report from PC Gamer:
In a weblog put up printed Friday, Wizards of the Coast introduced that it’s totally placing the kibosh on the proposed Open Gaming License (OGL) 1.2 that threw the tabletop RPG neighborhood into disarray initially of this month.
As a substitute, Wizards will depart the beforehand enshrined OGL 1.0 in place, whereas additionally placing the newest D&D Methods Reference Doc (SRD 5.1) beneath a Inventive Commons License (because of GamesRadar for the spot).
The unique OGL was put in place with the third version of D&D in 2000, and allowed different firms and creators to base their work off D&D and the d20 system with out fee to or oversight from Wizards. A draft of a revised OGL 1.1 leaked early in January, which proposed royalty funds and artistic management by Wizards over spinoff works. This instantly incited a backlash from followers. Wizards backpedaled, introducing a softer OGL 1.2 that will nonetheless exchange the unique, and opened the neighborhood survey cited in in the present day’s announcement.
With 15,000 respondents in, the outcomes of the survey have been fairly damning. 88% did not “need to publish TTRPG content material beneath OGL 1.2,” whereas 89% have been “dissatisfied with deauthorizing OGL 1.0a.” 62% have been joyful that Wizards would put prior SRD variations beneath Inventive Commons, with a lot of the dissenters wanting extra Inventive Commons-protected content material.
In response, Wizards of the Coast caved.
“We welcome in the present day’s information from Wizards of the Coast concerning their intention to not de-authorize OGL 1.0a,” tweeted Pathfinder publisher Paizo, who’d launched an effort to maneuver the business away from WotC’s OGL. However “We nonetheless imagine there’s a highly effective want for an irrevocable, perpetual unbiased system-neutral open license that may serve the tabletop neighborhood through nonprofit stewardship.
“Work on the ORC license will proceed, with an anticipated first draft to launch for remark to collaborating publishers in February.”