{"id":94414,"date":"2023-03-04T15:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=94414"},"modified":"2023-03-05T15:06:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T19:06:08","slug":"ogl-1-1-leak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/ogl-1-1-leak\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the OGL 1.1 Leak? The D&#038;D Controversy Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the OGL 1.1 leak? Why are people boycotting Wizards of the Coast? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A recent leak of possible updates to the Open Gaming License (OGL) owned by Wizards of the Coast sparked outrage across the tabletop gaming community. Though Wizards has since announced that it will not change the OGL, the debacle could weaken its position in the tabletop gaming market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read on to learn more about the OGL 1.1 leak and the overall Wizards of the Coast controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-ogl-1-1-leak-explained\">The OGL 1.1 Leak Explained<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wizards of the Coast\u2014one of the world\u2019s largest tabletop game publishers, best known for <em>Magic: the Gathering <\/em>and <em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons <\/em>(commonly abbreviated as <em>D&amp;D <\/em>or <em>DnD<\/em>)\u2014came under fire recently after a leak revealed some planned updates to its Open Game License (OGL).\u00a0The customer backlash to the OGL 1.1 leak was so strong that, just a month after the original leak, Wizards of the Coast <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dndbeyond.com\/posts\/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">promised <em>not <\/em>to update the OGL<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This article will explain what the Open Gaming License is, what Wizards hoped to change with the OGL 1.1 as compared to the original 1.0, and why the leak brought about so much backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-open-game-license-ogl\">What Is the Open Game License (OGL)?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The OGL is an open contract from Wizards of the Coast (WOTC). The contract allows people to publish and sell 3rd party content for <em>Dungeons &amp; Dragons<\/em>, or create derivative works of it, so long as whatever they publish can also be copied, modified, and redistributed\u2014this is called a <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ShareAlike<\/a> license.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-leaked-update-ogl-1-1\">Leaked Update: OGL 1.1\u00a0<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The OGL 1.0 is a pretty straightforward document: You can freely use any of the content covered by it (collectively called Open Game Content, or OGC), and in return, whatever you create also becomes OGC. So what was in the OGL 1.1 leak that caused such an uproar?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, and most importantly, this new license would have <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634#:~:text=updates%20the%20previously%20available%20OGL%201.0%20to%20state%20it%20is%20%E2%80%9Cno%20longer%20an%20authorized%20license%20agreement.%E2%80%9D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">replaced the OGL 1.0<\/a>, so any new products using <em>D&amp;D<\/em> content would have to abide by the new terms. Wizards of the Coast said that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dndbeyond.com\/posts\/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d#:~:text=What%20does%20this,for%20most%20creators.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the impacts on game designers and publishers would be minimal<\/a>, but some people believe this section of the OGL 1.1 was an attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634#:~:text=Large%20publishers%20who,is%20no%20mistake.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sabotage their biggest competitors<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, <strong>the OGL 1.1 gave WOTC the ability to revoke the license with any individual or company at will.<\/strong> Supposedly, this provision existed to keep objectionable material off the market\u2014for example, explicitly racist or homophobic content. However, the new license gave WOTC sole discretion in such cases, meaning that it could theoretically deny a developer the right to use Open Game Content at any time, for any reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirdly, the new OGL made it much clearer what type of content would be covered by the license and what would not. Namely, printed media and static files (like PDFs and Word documents) would be covered by OGL 1.1, while anything else (videos, podcasts, and so on) would not.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, developers would have had to register any products using the OGL 1.1 with Wizards of the Coast, and report their gross income from those products each year. They would also have had to pay 25% royalties on any income over $750,000, though WOTC estimated that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dndbeyond.com\/posts\/1410-ogls-srds-one-d-d#:~:text=For%20the%20fewer%20than%2020%20creators%20worldwide%20who%20make%20more%20than%20%24750%2C000%20in%20income%20in%20a%20year%2C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fewer than 20 companies<\/a> would end up owing royalties in any given year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full text of the now-scrapped OGL 1.1 leak can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/ogl.battlezoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-customer-backlash\">Customer Backlash<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The OGL 1.1 leak, <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/dnd-wizards-of-the-coast-ogl-1-1-open-gaming-license-1849950634\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">first reported on by Gizmodo<\/a>, sparked outrage across the entire tabletop gaming community. Many argued that the OGL, and the huge amount of content that uses it, is in large part <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opendnd.games\/#:~:text=it%20has%20become%20a%20pillar%20of%20the%20tabletop%20gaming%20industry%2C%20fueling%20the%20popularity%20and%20accessibility%20of%20games%20such%20as%20Pathfinder%2C%2013th%20Age%2C%20and%20Dungeons%20and%20Dragons%205th%20Edition.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responsible for <em>D&amp;D<\/em>\u2019s success in the first place<\/a>. Therefore, retracting it now comes off as hypocritical and cutthroat\u2014it seems like WOTC is \u201cpulling the ladder up behind it,\u201d so to speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, many of those who disapproved of the OGL 1.1 decided to let their money speak for them: Tabletop RPG publishers Paizo (<em>Pathfinder<\/em>) and Chaosium (<em>Call of Cthulhu<\/em>) report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dicebreaker.com\/categories\/roleplaying-game\/news\/pathfinder-call-of-cthulhu-rpgs-sell-out-dnd-ogl-backlash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">selling months\u2019 worth of product in just a few weeks<\/a> as people look for alternatives to <em>D&amp;D.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to the backlash, WOTC sent out a survey looking for customer feedback. They received more than 15,000 responses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dndbeyond.com\/posts\/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">almost 90% of which disapproved<\/a> of changing the OGL in any way.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wizards-walks-back-its-decision\">Wizards Walks Back Its Decision<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the OGL 1.1 leak, WOTC announced that it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dndbeyond.com\/posts\/1439-ogl-1-0a-creative-commons#:~:text=We%20are%20leaving%20OGL%201.0a%20in%20place%2C%20as%20is.%20Untouched.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will not change the OGL at this time<\/a>, and will seek player feedback before making any changes in the future. As a further gesture of goodwill, the company is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23574677\/dungeons-dragons-dnd-ogl-canceled-wizards-fans-win#:~:text=The%20Systems%20Reference%20Document%20%E2%80%94%20literally%20a%20subsection%20of%20the%20published%20rules%20and%20lore%20of%20D%26D%20%E2%80%94%20will%20be%20moved%20to%20a%20Creative%20Commons%20license.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">putting <em>D&amp;D\u2019s <\/em>current Source Reference Document (SRD) under Creative Commons license<\/a>. In simple terms, this means Wizards can never revoke the right to use any of the material in that SRD\u2014the company doesn\u2019t own the document anymore, and therefore can\u2019t control what others do with it. Those who were opposed to the OGL changes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23574677\/dungeons-dragons-dnd-ogl-canceled-wizards-fans-win\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">consider this announcement as a win<\/a> for players and publishers alike.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>However, the long-term effects of the whole debacle remain to be seen.<\/strong> WOTC has lost a lot of goodwill and (potentially) a lot of customers, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23560935\/dnd-dungeons-dragons-ogl-update-apology-explained#:~:text=Unfortunately%20too%20little%20too%20late.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the comments on any post about the subject<\/a> demonstrate. With Paizo rallying publishers to its new ORC, this loss of faith could potentially weaken Wizards\u2019 dominance, and lead to other publishers seizing a larger share of the tabletop gaming market.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the OGL 1.1 leak? Why are people boycotting Wizards of the Coast? A recent leak of possible updates to the Open Gaming License (OGL) owned by Wizards of the Coast sparked outrage across the tabletop gaming community. Though Wizards has since announced that it will not change the OGL, the debacle could weaken its position in the tabletop gaming market. Read on to learn more about the OGL 1.1 leak and the overall Wizards of the Coast controversy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":94425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,586],"tags":[727],"class_list":["post-94414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-entertainment","tag-articles","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What Is the OGL 1.1 Leak? The D&amp;D Controversy Explained - Shortform Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What is the OGL 1.1 leak? 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