Paizo (publishers of Pathfinder) react to rumors of Wizards of the Coast moving from the existing Open Game License to a new, predatory license and attempting to somehow retroactively revoke the old license: paizo.com/community/blog

The punchline: Paizo previously used the OGL to release their original content because it was there; now they feel it is no longer trustworthy so they're making their own license.

The name: The Open RPG Creative License (ORC).

Sorry, I think I may have been unclear here— the ORCs are the good guys

If you haven't been following this: Around 2000 D&D 3e was released using OGL 1.0a, which Wizards created. After 23 years gobs of commercial work has been released depending on this license. About a week ago Wizards started privately sending creators a "OGL 1.1" with alarming terms. Originally it had a go-live date of *TODAY*. The new license immediately leaked, and there was uproar.

Today Wizards announced a livestream to discuss the controversy. Then cancelled it.

gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-o

@mcc i don’t know what this is actually from but you could tell me it’s from a movie/series adaptation of the game control and i’d 100% believe you

@TheIronFox @mcc I believe this is Burn After Reading, a dark comedy about bumbling idiots getting involved into some spy stuff. This is the CIA 's perplexed reaction when learning of the whole situation.

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