Yes and no. As by the terms and services of DDB, you already gave up a license to that HB on DDB by posting it, similar to how WotC gets the license under OGL 1.1
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The second you posted your homebrew on DnDBeyond, you gave WotC the right to take and use your creations royalty-free just like the OGL 1.1 states. That is without any OGL license. That is the DnDBeyond EULA when you signed up for your DnDBeyond account. (EULA = End-User Licensing Agreement)
Its the price you pay for using DnDBeyond to create your homebrew. I was using that feature only so it's easy to import into my creation into Foundry. Obviously, with WotC / Hasbro's actions. I no long intend to provide them my creativity free of charge.
Guess this makes it easy for me then. I only put some homebrew on here myself for my friends to use and have most written down as I fine tune it. I’ll keep it all organized on personal files.
The short answer is no, the OGL situation won't affect D&D Beyond homebrew. Not directly. Your homebrew is covered under a different license laid out in the Terms of Service/EULA. Yes, Wotsee/DDB have licenses to do stuff with your homebrew. No, it's not so they can Steal Your Work. They need certain permissions from you in order to do things like store your homebrew (or your characters) on their servers, or show your homebrew to other people via a Search system in the website (should you publish it, which I do not recommend you do for entirely unrelated reasons). The license also serves to indemnify them should they coincidentally print something that just so happened to resemble some piece of homebrew you made, preventing you from suing them for theft of IP for using their own tools to publish your content. All of that is pretty standard boilerplate for a website that deals with user-submitted content.
The OGL situation is an entirely different and thoroughly unrelated kettle of rancid fish.
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just curious and didn't know where to put this weather the new OGL will affect homebrew content on DnDBeyound
Yes and no. As by the terms and services of DDB, you already gave up a license to that HB on DDB by posting it, similar to how WotC gets the license under OGL 1.1
NNCHRIS: SOUL THIEF, MASTER OF THE ARCANE, AND KING OF NEW YORKNN
Gdl Creator of Ilheia and her Knights of the Fallen Stars ldG
Lesser Student of Technomancy [undergrad student in computer science]
Supporter of the 2014 rules, and a MASSIVE Homebrewer. Come to me all ye who seek salvation in wording thy brews!
Open to homebrew trades at any time!! Or feel free to request HB, and Ill see if I can get it done for ya!
Characters (Outdated)
Chris is right.
The second you posted your homebrew on DnDBeyond, you gave WotC the right to take and use your creations royalty-free just like the OGL 1.1 states. That is without any OGL license. That is the DnDBeyond EULA when you signed up for your DnDBeyond account. (EULA = End-User Licensing Agreement)
Its the price you pay for using DnDBeyond to create your homebrew. I was using that feature only so it's easy to import into my creation into Foundry. Obviously, with WotC / Hasbro's actions. I no long intend to provide them my creativity free of charge.
Info, Inflow, Overload. Knowledge Black Hole Imminent!
Guess this makes it easy for me then. I only put some homebrew on here myself for my friends to use and have most written down as I fine tune it. I’ll keep it all organized on personal files.
Terms of Service don't mean what you think they mean.
The short answer is no, the OGL situation won't affect D&D Beyond homebrew. Not directly. Your homebrew is covered under a different license laid out in the Terms of Service/EULA. Yes, Wotsee/DDB have licenses to do stuff with your homebrew. No, it's not so they can Steal Your Work. They need certain permissions from you in order to do things like store your homebrew (or your characters) on their servers, or show your homebrew to other people via a Search system in the website (should you publish it, which I do not recommend you do for entirely unrelated reasons). The license also serves to indemnify them should they coincidentally print something that just so happened to resemble some piece of homebrew you made, preventing you from suing them for theft of IP for using their own tools to publish your content. All of that is pretty standard boilerplate for a website that deals with user-submitted content.
The OGL situation is an entirely different and thoroughly unrelated kettle of rancid fish.
Please do not contact or message me.