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https://gizmodo.com/paizo-wizards-of-the-coast-dnd-open-rpg-ogl-1-1-1849982443

Paizo Announces a New Gaming License Amid Dungeons & Dragons' OGL
Controversy

The Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher has finally issued a statement following a week of news about Wizards of the Coast's updates to the
Open Gaming License.

By Linda Codega

Tabletop roleplaying game company Paizo has released a statement
following the delayed announcement of Wizards of the Coast’s Open Gaming License 2.0. The company, whose staff includes several former Wizards of
the Coast executives, developers, and lawyers, has announced that it
will be pursuing the creation of a new creative license for third party developers which it says will be “open, perpetual, and irrevocable.”

This Open RPG Creative License (ORC) is a direct response to the reports
that have come out over the past week about the status of Wizards’
updated Open Gaming License 2.0. Paizo has offered to pay for the legal
work necessary to create this system-agnostic license, however, it
states that it “will not be owned by Paizo, nor will it be owned by any company who makes money publishing RPGs.” Instead, Azora Law, co-founded
by Brian Lewis (the attorney who developed the legal framework for the
original 2000 OGL at Wizards of the Coast) will “provide a safe harbor against any company being bought, sold, or changing management in the
future and attempting to rescind rights or nullify sections of the
license.” The company hopes to pursue the establishment of a non-profit,
like the Linux Foundation, to hold the final edition of the ORC license.
In order to pursue a more system agnostic and fair license, Paizo states
on the site that it has “a growing list of publishers” that will participate in the development and expansion of this license. The
companies include some major third-party publishers, including “Kobold
Press, Chaosium, Green Ronin, Legendary Games, Rogue Genius Games, and Battlezoo.” Paizo is actively looking to add to this group of publishers.

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And Hasbro has started backpedalling their asses off:

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1423-an-update-on-the-open-game-
license-ogl

https://tinyurl.com/57dteh54

(And they have doubled down on the woke political agenda that they
believe with make them the most money.)

"First, we wanted the ability to prevent the use of D&D content from
being included in hateful and discriminatory products."

But at least:

"Content already released under 1.0a will also remain unaffected."

kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote in
news:tprl0n$1k6tb$1@dont-email.me:

https://gizmodo.com/paizo-wizards-of-the-coast-dnd-open-rpg-ogl-1 -1-1849982443

Paizo Announces a New Gaming License Amid Dungeons & Dragons'
OGL Controversy

The Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher has finally issued a
statement following a week of news about Wizards of the Coast's
updates to the Open Gaming License.

By Linda Codega

Tabletop roleplaying game company Paizo has released a statement
following the delayed announcement of Wizards of the Coast’s
Open Gaming License 2.0. The company, whose staff includes
several former Wizards of the Coast executives, developers, and
lawyers, has announced that it will be pursuing the creation of
a new creative license for third party developers which it says
will be “open, perpetual, and irrevocable.”

This Open RPG Creative License (ORC) is a direct response to the
reports that have come out over the past week about the status
of Wizards’ updated Open Gaming License 2.0. Paizo has offered
to pay for the legal work necessary to create this
system-agnostic license, however, it states that it “will not
be owned by Paizo, nor will it be owned by any company who makes
money publishing RPGs.” Instead, Azora Law, co-founded by
Brian Lewis (the attorney who developed the legal framework for
the original 2000 OGL at Wizards of the Coast) will “provide a
safe harbor against any company being bought, sold, or changing
management in the future and attempting to rescind rights or
nullify sections of the license.” The company hopes to pursue
the establishment of a non-profit, like the Linux Foundation, to
hold the final edition of the ORC license. In order to pursue a
more system agnostic and fair license, Paizo states on the site
that it has “a growing list of publishers” that will
participate in the development and expansion of this license.
The companies include some major third-party publishers,
including “Kobold Press, Chaosium, Green Ronin, Legendary
Games, Rogue Genius Games, and Battlezoo.” Paizo is actively
looking to add to this group of publishers.

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Terry Austin

"Terry Austin: like the polio vaccine, only with more asshole."
-- David Bilek

Jesus forgives sinners, not criminals.

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