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Jan 19 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
WotC has not "done a 180" or "backed down" or "fixed" the #OGL problem they've created. #DnDBegone

Out of 8 deeply problematic things, they've reversed 2, doubled down on 3, and remained silent on 3.

Alphastream provides a list.

Let's break it down.

alphastream.org/index.php/2023…
Deauthorizing OGL v1.0a: The new statement says they're still doing this.

New License is Revocable: No statement.

Approval: The new statement says they're still doing this.

No Mechanism for Sharing of Open Content: No statement.
Print or PDF Products Only: The new statement says they're still doing this.

Royalties & Reporting: They've reversed this.

WotC Ownership of Your Content: They've reversed this.
WotC Can Change the License At Any Time:

No statement, rendering everything else they've promised irrelevant.

Cancel your D&D Beyond subscriptions if you haven't already. Keep calling and e-mailing to tell them this is unacceptable. Keep up the pressure.

#DnDBegone
What's at stake is more than just "making D&D supplements."

Hasbro is attempting an act of cultural vandalism.

OGL v1.2 (Draft) has been released. Did they fix anything?

Nope.

It's confirmed that basically the worst possible interpretation of their statement yesterday was true.

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Justin Alexander Profile picture
Jan 20
OGL 1.2 survey is live.

survey.alchemer.com/s3/7182208/OGL… 1. Would you like to provi...
Well... a lot, actually. 2. Now that you've read the...
But here's my tight response:

Attempting to de-authorize the OGL is simply unacceptable. I will not purchase anything from Hasbro if you persist in this extra-legal act of cultural vandalism.
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Jan 20
Let's sneak peek the survey.

survey.alchemer.com/s3/7182208/OGL… Image
Yes, please. 1. Would you like to provid...
And it immediately broke.

Very cool. You have already submitted ...
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Justin Alexander Profile picture
Jan 20
If the #DnDBegone survey doesn't allow direct feedback on these six issues, it will be virtually impossible to believe that the surveys are anything but a PR stunt.
To review:
- De-authorizing OGL v1.0a
- WotC having a unilateral and uncontestable power to revoke your use of the license
- No mechanism for sharing open content
- Print or PDF products only / VTT restrictions
- WotC's ability to change terms of the license
- Severability
To these pre-OGL v1.2 problems, I would personally add:

- Redefining the word "irrevocable"
- What material is being placed under the Creative Commons
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Justin Alexander Profile picture
Jan 19
Let's revisit this thread now that WotC has released OGL v1.2 (Draft).

Have they actually addressed the deeply problematic things they attempted to do?

Spoilers: No.

Deauthorizing OGL v1.0a: They are doing this.

New License is Revocable: The license says "irrevocable," but WotC has a unilateral and uncontested ability to prohibit you from distributing anything you release using the license.

WotC Gets Final Approval: They are doing this.
No Mechanism for Sharing Open Content: This still true. The license ONLY grants permission to use WotC's "Licensed Content" and cannot be used to create a community of open content.

Print or PDF Products Only: Mostly still true, although they're allowing static text in VTTs.
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Justin Alexander Profile picture
Jan 19
The OGL 1.2 (Draft) is still de-authorizing the OGL 1.0a and gives no mechanism for anyone who used other people's OGC under the license to keep their work in print.

WotC is lying to you.
OGL 1.2 (Draft) is not an open license: You cannot use the license to open your content.

It is a unilateral license which can only be used to license material from WotC.

WotC is lying to you.
OGL 1.2 (Draft) gives WotC a unilateral and uncontested ability to prohibit you from distributing anything you release using the license.

It is not an open license.

WotC is lying to you.
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Justin Alexander Profile picture
Jan 19
During the Watergate investigation, Washington Post reporters Bernstein & Woodward made a mistake: Rushing for deadline, they thought they had confirmation from a source that a story was true.

They did not.

It was not.
You can see it dramatized in All the President's Men.

Woodward discusses it here.

It was a small mistake, but it was concrete and, unlike everything else demonstrating the mass-criminality of Nixon, could be proven wrong.

It gave the Nixon White House something tangible to push back on and they did. Hard.

npr.org/2014/06/13/321…
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