Dungeons & Dragons finally addresses its new Open Gaming License
by Jess Weatherbed from The Verge - All Posts on (#67T46)
The company claims that a version of the license that leaked last week was a draft and that controversial restrictions in it will not be present in the final release. | Image: Wizards of the Coast Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) publisher Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has issued a statement addressing outrage from the tabletop gaming community in regard to the company's upcoming Open Gaming License update. A leaked draft of the new license that applied greater restrictions was badly received by fans of the franchise, resulting in a call from some community members to boycott the Hasbro-owned gaming company.
The Open Gaming License (OGL) is a public copyright license that outlines how fans and third-party publishers are permitted to make and monetize their own D&D content. The current version of the license allows third-party publishers relative freedom to create and / or sell content containing elements from the D&D tabletop roleplaying...