Lawyer analyzes "OGL" 1.2, 1500+ creators work on open ORC license, WOTC's farcical survey #opendnd

71K views • 3 years ago • 41:57 I'm a lawyer, and a gamer. And I ask: if you were developing a license to convince third-party companies to sign, would you find a way to engage the process more than 1,500 of them are already engaged in (developing a system-neutral irrevocable open RPG license), or collect survey data? After everything, WOTC is STILL lying, proving yet again we can't trust them. DON'T REVOKE THE OGL! Links: "The ORC Alliance Grows": https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7y D&D Beyond's "OGL" 1.2: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1432-starting-the-ogl-playtest Noah Downs on "OGL" 1.2: https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-updated-open-game-license-ogl-1-2-5b95fe8889b2 The Foundry modules I featured: Automated Animations JB2A - Jules&Ben's Animated Assets PF2e Animations 0:00 Survey is a farce 1:38 Introduction 4:38 OGL doesn't need to be revoked 6:03 WOTC's concessions! 8:34 Draft is silent about D&D Beyond 9:54 Revocation of OGL 1.0a, revocable promise to protect 1.0a publications 10:58 License is not irrevocable 14:10 More new ways WOTC can terminate the license 17:08 The "No hateful conduct" clause 18:30 Waiving right to a jury trial 18:49 Extreme "severability" clause empowering WOTC to void the "OGL" 19:48 Waive right to join other plaintiffs 20:25 The 5.1 SRD can be revoked 23:39 If WOTC uses your content you can't stop them, and you have to prove they did it on purpose to get any money 26:05 WOTC wants to aggressively monetize D&D Beyond and its VTT, must eliminate competition 29:26 VTTs in danger even under current OGL 30:24 Danger of revoking OGL for VTTs, Virtual Tabletop "Policy" 34:55 Draft is silent on 3rd parties publishing new digital content 36:59 The survey; what should we do? 39:28 Support ORC publishers! ============================= LIKE & SUBSCRIBE! I'm a lawyer who teaches and runs tabletop RPGs (Pathfinder, D&D, Starfinder) for kids, teens, and adults, making videos and hosting events related to TTRPGs and board games. JOIN THE RULES LAWYER DISCORD to game with our community and join The Endless Tale Tavern PF2e campaign! https://discord.gg/bpyqxhwe8X SUPPORT THE RULES LAWYER PATREON for access to full reactions and certain gameplay videos, early access to most of my videos, and to support me! I do unpaid public-interest legal work and rely on the Patreon and running RPGs. https://www.patreon.com/theruleslawyer For extended-form actual plays, SUBSCRIBE to my other channel, "RULES LAWYER DISCORD COMMUNITY CHANNEL" (the full video of this "D&D Youtubers" series is only on Patreon) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc1K95QD8Mv2Tr6Wne6KS9g Follow me on TWITTER at: https://twitter.com/theruleslawyer1