We won! (OGL)

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Yeah, I'm sure the smart folks will (continue to) do what they can to move away from the OGL.

But I still think that this victory is important. Not just for those who can't transition easily or quickly, but on principle.
 
I'm trying to wrap my head around their decision to release the 5.1 SRD under the CC-BY-4.0 license. What is this supposed to accomplish for them?
 
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There is still some mopping up to do like getting a OGL 1.0b with irrevocable in it and Ryan Dancey definition of what authorized meant. I am going to wait to do my blog post on it tomorrow so I can think the implications through.
 
I'm sure there will be a day where a future edition of D&D will close or restrict its rules, but isn't publishing the 5.1 SRD under Creative Commons admitting this version of the rules and previous ones by extension are largely beyond its reach to control?

If I'm understanding the terms of CC licences anyway?
 
Yeah and restore confidence in the OGL in a kind of roundabout way.
OGL is probably dead going forward except for stuff like the OSR and Cepheus. Aside from hammering on Wizards, the license has been under a microscope and all its flaws have been highlighted. Coupled with the fact that more than a few folks were ready to take the plunge to use Creative Common or test game mechanics that can't be copyrighted, or roll their own. The OGL Humpty Dumpty has been broken and while pieces will be around, it won't be put together again.
 
Would it be overly cynical of me to suspect this is not a surrender but a strategic retreat?
Sure the authorization theory of the OGL 1.0a could be tested again. But the use of creative commons (CC-BY) means if Wizards fucks up OneD&D, it is D&D 4e and Pathfinder all over again. And perhaps the gesture is too late to prevent that from happening.
 
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