Now official: Dungeons & Dragons is licensed under Creative Commons. This will make the popular tabletop role-playing game “free for all uses,” Dungeons & Dragons executive his producer Kyle Brink wrote in a blog post today.
Just a few weeks ago, this result would have seemed impossible. About a month ago, Wizards of the Coast (WoTC) — Dungeons & Dragons publisher and Hasbro subsidiary — sent a document containing a new Open Game License (OGL) to his creator of top Dungeons & Dragons content. , asked to sign what. They called it “OGL 1.1”. With his existing OGL in effect since 2000, third-party creators have used extended game systems to help grow their own spellbooks, modules, virtual tabletops (VTTs), and games. You can now sell more content. Great success today. However, certain terms in the updated documents prevented these independent businesses from continuing to operate. exposed terminology. Over 77,000 creators and fans have signed an open letter against these changes, some going so far as to cancel subscriptions to D&D Beyond, his platform for gaming online. Finally, WoTC admitted that they “threw a 1”, that is, they failed very badly.
Fans were pleasantly surprised last week when Brink announced that the company plans to release game materials under a Creative Commons license. Today, after receiving feedback from over 15,000 fans, Dungeons & Dragons, in all 403 pages of its glory, has officially released the game system under this generous license.
The company also addressed concerns about how last week’s first Creative Commons proposal might affect VTT, the software that allows people to play TTRPGs remotely. WoTC has now rescinded these provisions while keeping his original OGL in force.
“This Creative Commons license makes the content freely available for any use,” Brink wrote in today’s blog post. “We do not control that license and we cannot change or revoke it. , which means no VTT policy is required. [Systems Reference Document] It’s a one-way street under the Creative Commons license. We won’t be back. “
After all, a lot can be accomplished when a fan community comes together. Ask Ticketmaster.
