Editing Open Game License (section)

=== Version 1.2 ===
A week after that shitstorm another PR apology came forth, this time from D&D Executive Producer Kyle Brink. This one didn't try to frame this all as some "misunderstanding", citing a couple major examples that wouldn't be affected by the OGL as well as proposing a draft copy for all of the public to view, scrutinize, and provide feedback on. On one hand, they managed to give ground on all the fees and mandatory earnings reports and have confirmed that certain core rules for the game are protected under the Creative Commons license and thus can never be grounds for lawsuit. On the other hand, there are still issues with the proposed license.

The concerns for this are several: The first is the whole VTT hill they're insistent on dying on, with several of the proposed restrictions being nonsensical (You can have macros to calculate things like the damage that [[Magic Missile]] does, but [[What|any visual elements that can't be replicated on the dinner table]] - codeword for any special visuals for spells, which is something most VTTs can't even support - are not considered protected under the new OGL, nor are any licensed images) and reek of trying to prevent any competitor VTTs from providing a better experience. The second is the terms for what they consider "harmful and hateful content", and we don't mean [[Racial Holy War|obvious shit]] like [[TSR#Since WotC's Buyout|someone trying to use a trademark you used to own to promote some really stupid racist shit]] or NFTs made from opportunistic grifters that aren't Hasbro. Without clear explanation on what qualifies as "harmful and hateful content" (to say nothing about how the definition can change in the blink of an eye as a result of any perceived [[SJW|cultural forever wars]]), it gives Wizards free reign to cancel whatever they see fit without owing any explanations to the affected parties - all because this new OGL being allegedly penned to protect their brand from such content. Of course, this is all on top of the great issue that Wizards can, at any point of their choosing, opt to cancel out any concessions they make by drafting a new version of the OGL since they've clearly stated their intent to cancel the 1.0a OGL and any content made once this version becomes official must use it.

Even this token effort at appeasement is under suspicion, though, as the promised way to comment and critique the proposed OGL changes ''still'' has to pass through the same system that D&D Beyond is built on, meaning surveys, and as such has '''zero''' transparency.  Which is to say, if fifty thousand people voted for WotC to shove the new OGL regardless of the changes, then what's to stop them from saying publicly that, golly gee, fifty thousand folks thought the changes were swell. Yeah.

<s>Whatever the ultimate result, the effects of needing to change it at all have already eroded a massive amount of trust people have had with the company, and there's no doubt that the upcoming [[One D&D]] will only be seeing a fraction of the fan support its predecessor had.</s> They surrendered to fan demand and cancelled the entire changing the OGL thing, cowering back into Hasbro's offices like a [[Troll|troll]] to a cave to figure out a Plan C for milking out cash. They even released the 5.1 SRD into the Creative Commons license, the equivalent of a boss dropping some very important loot while fleeing for their lives.