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Works that use the OGL

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	== Works that use the OGL ==		== Works that use the OGL ==
	This is not a complete list. ~~Also, all~~ of these ~~use~~ 1.~~0, so expect this list to be ''severely'' truncated once~~ 1.~~1 puts on the chokehold and people~~ jump ~~over to the way-less-vulnerable-~~to~~-corporate-bullshit~~ ORC.		This is not a complete list. A lot of these will likely not be upkept since the 1.1/1.2 drama made a lot of them jump ship to ORC or similar.
	* [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition]]		* [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd edition]]
	* [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] (just barely enough content to attend one Legendary Encounters session)		* [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]] (just barely enough content to attend one Legendary Encounters session)

66.169.123.248: /* Works that use the OGL */ - added Starfinder because why not

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Works that use the OGL: - added Starfinder because why not

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	*"[[Spycraft]] 2.0"		*"[[Spycraft]] 2.0"
	*"[[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game]]" '''FIRST''' Edition by Paizo Publishing		*"[[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game]]" '''FIRST''' Edition by Paizo Publishing
			*"[[Starfinder]]" by Paizo Publishing
	*"[[FATE System\|FATE]]" aka [[FUDGE\|Fudge 3.0]], "[[Spirit of the Century]]", by Evil Hat Productions		*"[[FATE System\|FATE]]" aka [[FUDGE\|Fudge 3.0]], "[[Spirit of the Century]]", by Evil Hat Productions
	*"[[Diaspora]]" by VSCA Publishing		*"[[Diaspora]]" by VSCA Publishing

1d4chan>ThatOneBruvva: /* Version 1.2 */

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	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.		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.		<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.

	== Version 1.0a ==		== Version 1.0a ==

1d4chan>ThatOneBruvva: /* Version 1.2 */

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Version 1.2

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	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.		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 ~~shut off~~ 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.		<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.

	== Version 1.0a ==		== Version 1.0a ==

2600:1700:D1D0:2220:6098:D106:A51F:9B9D: /* Version 1.0a */

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Version 1.0a

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	Unfortunately, this is going to be replaced by ~~<s>~~the cashgrab that is 1.1</s> the half-assed appeasement that is 1.2. ~~We'll likely retain this for posterity,~~ to ~~remind us of what was lost~~.		<s>Unfortunately, this is going to be replaced by the cashgrab that is 1.1</s> <s>the half-assed appeasement that is 1.2.</s> Here to stay thanks to Wizards cowering under fan backlash.

	== Parts of D&D that are not Open Game Content ==		== Parts of D&D that are not Open Game Content ==

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	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.		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.

	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>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 shut off 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.

	== Version 1.0a ==		== Version 1.0a ==

1d4chan>Kirbanzo: /* Version 1.1 */

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Version 1.1

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	{{topquote\| A couple of last thoughts. First, we won’t be able to release the new OGL today, because we need to make sure we get it right, but it is coming. Second, you’re going to hear people say that [[Paizo\|they]] won, and [[Wizards of the Coast\|we]] lost because [[Bullshit\|making your voices heard forced us to change our plans.]] [[What\|Those people will only be half right. They won—and so did we.]] \|Wizards of the Coast, trying to cover it’s tracks}}		{{topquote\| A couple of last thoughts. First, we won’t be able to release the new OGL today, because we need to make sure we get it right, but it is coming. Second, you’re going to hear people say that [[Paizo\|they]] won, and [[Wizards of the Coast\|we]] lost because [[Bullshit\|making your voices heard forced us to change our plans.]] [[What\|Those people will only be half right. They won—and so did we.]] \|Wizards of the Coast, trying to cover it’s tracks}}

	In late 2022, an update to the OGL was leaked, no denial was forthcoming just a "coming soon Jan 13th 2023" ([[Just as planned\|of course it~~'s coming~~ out on Friday the 13th, the bastards)]] and it looks like Hasbro/WOTC is perched to shit the bed.		In late 2022, an update to the OGL was leaked, no denial was forthcoming just a "coming soon Jan 13th 2023" ([[Just as planned\|of course it was going to come out on Friday the 13th, the bastards)]] and it looks like Hasbro/WOTC is perched to shit the bed.
	[[Games Workshop\|The siren call of rent-seeking can only be abjured for so long]]. Among the [[Derp\|improvements]] in this leaked document are:		[[Games Workshop\|The siren call of rent-seeking can only be abjured for so long]]. Among the [[Derp\|improvements]] in this leaked document are:

1d4chan>MiaoKobayashisDragonMaid: /* Version 1.1 */

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Version 1.1

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	* If you make gross revenue over $50,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, you must [[Blam\|voluntarily]] give WOTC a copy of your ledgers for them to audit. [[Wat\|They call this "leveling-up"]].		* If you make gross revenue over $50,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, you must [[Blam\|voluntarily]] give WOTC a copy of your ledgers for them to audit. [[Wat\|They call this "leveling-up"]].
	* If you make gross revenue over $750,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, [[Money\|you gotta give Hasbro 20%-25% of whatever's above 750,000]]. Note the use of ''gross'', not ''net'' - that means it's taken before factoring in expenses, meaning that Hasbro can cuck you out of being able to pay to manufacture what got you to this level of revenue in the first place.		* If you make gross revenue over $750,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, [[Money\|you gotta give Hasbro 20%-25% of whatever's above 750,000]]. Note the use of ''gross'', not ''net'' - that means it's taken before factoring in expenses, meaning that Hasbro can cuck you out of being able to pay to manufacture what got you to this level of revenue in the first place.
	** This is the part of the OGL that have people rightfully worried that this is anti-competitive, which is even more serious than the aforementioned attempt to revoke a perpetual contract. [[~~Grimdark~~\|Though given how many monopolies and oligopolies have cropped up in recent times, Hasbro could easily just lobby out of it...]]		** This is the part of the OGL that have people rightfully worried that this is anti-competitive, which is even more serious than the aforementioned attempt to revoke a perpetual contract. [[Cyberpunk\| Though given how many monopolies and oligopolies have cropped up in recent times]], [[Grimdark \| Hasbro could easily just lobby out of it...]]
	* WOTC owns the copyright, trademark and patent for anything licensed by OGL 1.1. So do you, but if you're good enough then Hasbro spins up the printing engines (or grants the license to any of their partners) and you get to compete against them, good fucking luck.		* WOTC owns the copyright, trademark and patent for anything licensed by OGL 1.1. So do you, but if you're good enough then Hasbro spins up the printing engines (or grants the license to any of their partners) and you get to compete against them, good fucking luck.
	* No more software, not even a form-filling PDF, "games and supplements in printed media and static electronic file formats" can be made without Uncle Wizards' permission. Among the formats they explicitly name as no-go are: videos, games, novels, apps, graphic novels, music, songs, dances and [[Wat\|pantomimes]]. [[Cegorach\|Yeah, fuck mimes amirite?]]		* No more software, not even a form-filling PDF, "games and supplements in printed media and static electronic file formats" can be made without Uncle Wizards' permission. Among the formats they explicitly name as no-go are: videos, games, novels, apps, graphic novels, music, songs, dances and [[Wat\|pantomimes]]. [[Cegorach\|Yeah, fuck mimes amirite?]]

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	{{topquote\| A couple of last thoughts. First, we won’t be able to release the new OGL today, because we need to make sure we get it right, but it is coming. Second, you’re going to hear people say that [[Paizo\|they]] won, and [[Wizards of the Coast\|we]] lost because [[Bullshit\|making your voices heard forced us to change our plans.]] [[What\|Those people will only be half right. They won—and so did we.]] \|Wizards of the Coast, trying to cover it’s tracks}}		{{topquote\| A couple of last thoughts. First, we won’t be able to release the new OGL today, because we need to make sure we get it right, but it is coming. Second, you’re going to hear people say that [[Paizo\|they]] won, and [[Wizards of the Coast\|we]] lost because [[Bullshit\|making your voices heard forced us to change our plans.]] [[What\|Those people will only be half right. They won—and so did we.]] \|Wizards of the Coast, trying to cover it’s tracks}}

	In late 2022, an update to the OGL was leaked, no denial was forthcoming just a "coming soon Jan 13th 2023" ([[Just as planned\|of course it~~'s coming~~ out on Friday the 13th, the bastards)]] and it looks like Hasbro/WOTC is perched to shit the bed.		In late 2022, an update to the OGL was leaked, no denial was forthcoming just a "coming soon Jan 13th 2023" ([[Just as planned\|of course it was going to come out on Friday the 13th, the bastards)]] and it looks like Hasbro/WOTC is perched to shit the bed.
	[[Games Workshop\|The siren call of rent-seeking can only be abjured for so long]]. Among the [[Derp\|improvements]] in this leaked document are:		[[Games Workshop\|The siren call of rent-seeking can only be abjured for so long]]. Among the [[Derp\|improvements]] in this leaked document are:

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	* If you make gross revenue over $50,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, you must [[Blam\|voluntarily]] give WOTC a copy of your ledgers for them to audit. [[Wat\|They call this "leveling-up"]].		* If you make gross revenue over $50,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, you must [[Blam\|voluntarily]] give WOTC a copy of your ledgers for them to audit. [[Wat\|They call this "leveling-up"]].
	* If you make gross revenue over $750,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, [[Money\|you gotta give Hasbro 20%-25% of whatever's above 750,000]]. Note the use of ''gross'', not ''net'' - that means it's taken before factoring in expenses, meaning that Hasbro can cuck you out of being able to pay to manufacture what got you to this level of revenue in the first place.		* If you make gross revenue over $750,000 in one year from your combined OGL stuff, [[Money\|you gotta give Hasbro 20%-25% of whatever's above 750,000]]. Note the use of ''gross'', not ''net'' - that means it's taken before factoring in expenses, meaning that Hasbro can cuck you out of being able to pay to manufacture what got you to this level of revenue in the first place.
	** This is the part of the OGL that have people rightfully worried that this is anti-competitive, which is even more serious than the aforementioned attempt to revoke a perpetual contract. [[~~Grimdark~~\|Though given how many monopolies and oligopolies have cropped up in recent times, Hasbro could easily just lobby out of it...]]		** This is the part of the OGL that have people rightfully worried that this is anti-competitive, which is even more serious than the aforementioned attempt to revoke a perpetual contract. [[Cyberpunk\| Though given how many monopolies and oligopolies have cropped up in recent times]], [[Grimdark \| Hasbro could easily just lobby out of it...]]
	* WOTC owns the copyright, trademark and patent for anything licensed by OGL 1.1. So do you, but if you're good enough then Hasbro spins up the printing engines (or grants the license to any of their partners) and you get to compete against them, good fucking luck.		* WOTC owns the copyright, trademark and patent for anything licensed by OGL 1.1. So do you, but if you're good enough then Hasbro spins up the printing engines (or grants the license to any of their partners) and you get to compete against them, good fucking luck.
	* No more software, not even a form-filling PDF, "games and supplements in printed media and static electronic file formats" can be made without Uncle Wizards' permission. Among the formats they explicitly name as no-go are: videos, games, novels, apps, graphic novels, music, songs, dances and [[Wat\|pantomimes]]. [[Cegorach\|Yeah, fuck mimes amirite?]]		* No more software, not even a form-filling PDF, "games and supplements in printed media and static electronic file formats" can be made without Uncle Wizards' permission. Among the formats they explicitly name as no-go are: videos, games, novels, apps, graphic novels, music, songs, dances and [[Wat\|pantomimes]]. [[Cegorach\|Yeah, fuck mimes amirite?]]