WotC's recent statement is a positive move, but it's unfortunate that it came too late in the process for community involvement in this significant issue.
I am glad to see that today's statement was not made anonymously, but rather by a specific person, WotC executive producer Kyle Brink. I also appreciate that there was finally an apology from WotC after weeks.
However, it must be clear that WotC has to do much more to regain lost trust. This is a difficult path that will require sacrifices from management. And there are already many DnD fans whose trust is permanently lost.
In the spirit of building trust, I suggest to the WotC management to extend the deadline for the OGL survey at least until March 1st.
Paizo announced last week that they will be ready with the ORC license first draft version in February. I hope they can keep this schedule.
Personally, I would like to provide feedback on the suggested OGL1.1 by WotC after knowing the ORC draft version. Let's give the community the opportunity to simultaneously familiarize themselves with the two license proposals that will determine the future of tabletop RPGs. Let's give them the opportunity to weigh the alternatives and provide feedback based on that knowledge.
I think that better business decisions can be made based on real data. The WotC will make better business decisions if it can clearly see what the community thinks about the two license proposals.
So I suggest that the WotC extend the deadline for the OGL1.1 survey until March 1st. Hopefully, the DnD community will be able to provide feedback with the knowledge of the ORC license.
There will be no comparison between the two documents. They each have an entirely different purpose. The ORC is trying to open up the ttrpg industry. The OGL is trying to protect the IP of billion dollar company. They basically have opposing goals.
WotC's recent statement is a positive move, but it's unfortunate that it came too late in the process for community involvement in this significant issue.
I am glad to see that today's statement was not made anonymously, but rather by a specific person, WotC executive producer Kyle Brink. I also appreciate that there was finally an apology from WotC after weeks.
However, it must be clear that WotC has to do much more to regain lost trust. This is a difficult path that will require sacrifices from management. And there are already many DnD fans whose trust is permanently lost.
In the spirit of building trust, I suggest to the WotC management to extend the deadline for the OGL survey at least until March 1st.
Paizo announced last week that they will be ready with the ORC license first draft version in February. I hope they can keep this schedule.
Personally, I would like to provide feedback on the suggested OGL1.1 by WotC after knowing the ORC draft version. Let's give the community the opportunity to simultaneously familiarize themselves with the two license proposals that will determine the future of tabletop RPGs. Let's give them the opportunity to weigh the alternatives and provide feedback based on that knowledge.
I think that better business decisions can be made based on real data. The WotC will make better business decisions if it can clearly see what the community thinks about the two license proposals.
So I suggest that the WotC extend the deadline for the OGL1.1 survey until March 1st. Hopefully, the DnD community will be able to provide feedback with the knowledge of the ORC license.
ORC has to leave out all mention of nameless bureaucrats having any control over censorship of content, then its worth a view.
There will be no comparison between the two documents. They each have an entirely different purpose. The ORC is trying to open up the ttrpg industry. The OGL is trying to protect the IP of billion dollar company. They basically have opposing goals.
I don'tn know why the poll is duplicated...