D&D maker retreats from attempts to update longstanding “open” license

Enlarge / Artist’s conception of D&D fans holding back WotC’s attempts to change the game’s license.WotC Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) owner Wizards of the Coast (WotC) has halted its attempts to update the longstanding Open Gaming License (OGL) that has dictated the legal use of the game’s rules for decades. The move comes after weeks of controversy and belated attempts to partially scale back leaked plans for an OGL update.

The original OGL 1.0a, first released in the early ’00s, will now “remain untouched” WotC announced in a tweet Friday. What’s more, the entire D&D Systems Reference Document (SRD)—which also

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