It was official the moment they sent it to content creators with the offer (strongarm coercion) to agree to it.
It just wasn't in force yet.
And they kept it a secret to try and avoid a public outcry until it would have been in force, and too late to stop.
The idea that it wasn't official somehow because it was also leaked is ridiculous. It was obviously official, and it was also obviously not a draft for community commentary.
I still have faith in the vast majority of Employees of WoTC.
I hope that WoTC will step back from the 1.1 OGL that was leaked (and not yet official)
I think that the next Official launch of the OGL will be what it needs to be and what the players and creators want it to be.
That being said..
Can we get the 1.1 OGL released as Unearthed Arcana? :)
Technically, leaked is not official...
It was official the moment they sent it to content creators with the offer (strongarm coercion) to agree to it.
It just wasn't in force yet.
And they kept it a secret to try and avoid a public outcry until it would have been in force, and too late to stop.
The idea that it wasn't official somehow because it was also leaked is ridiculous. It was obviously official, and it was also obviously not a draft for community commentary.
I have not seen this yet... if that was the case then it was official and not leaked at all.
They've committed to sharing the next one before making it final. Not quite a UA but there you go.
:)