{"id":23227,"date":"2023-01-20T00:19:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T00:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/wizards-of-the-coast-apologises-for-dungeons-dragons-open-gaming-license-fiasco\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T00:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T00:19:03","slug":"wizards-of-the-coast-apologises-for-dungeons-dragons-open-gaming-license-fiasco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/wizards-of-the-coast-apologises-for-dungeons-dragons-open-gaming-license-fiasco\/","title":{"rendered":"Wizards of the Coast apologises for Dungeons &amp; Dragons Open Gaming License fiasco"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\nWizards of the Coast has apologised for its handling of its Dungeons &amp; Dragons Open Gaming License (OGL) revisions, which caused a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/wizards-of-the-coast-faces-backlash-over-planned-changes-to-how-it-monetises-third-party-content\">huge community backlash<\/a> over the past week.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nDetails of planned revisions for an OGL 1.1 were <a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/dungeons-dragons-ogl-announcement-wizards-of-the-coast-1849981365\">leaked by Gizmodo<\/a>, and Wizards of the Coast was immediately faced with an orchestrated pushback by fans and prominent community members over rule changes which would, among other things, require anyone making money through the use of D&amp;D elements to report earnings to the company.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe original OGL, which was to be rendered &#8220;unauthorised&#8221; after the release of 1.1 according to Gizmodo&#8217;s report, granted non-Wizards of the Coast publishers relative free rein over the use and sale of content which utilised D&amp;D&#8217;s existing elements.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/wizards-of-the-coast-apologises-for-dungeons-dragons-open-gaming-license-fiasco\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source &#8211; eurogamer.net<\/p>\n<p>All content and images belong to their respected owners. This article is aggregated for informational purposes only with full credit to the source.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wizards of the Coast has apologised for its handling of its Dungeons &amp; Dragons Open Gaming License (OGL) revisions, which caused a huge community backlash over the past week. 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