Paizo Announces System Neutral OpenRPG Creative License

Macha · on Jan 12, 2023

Prior events:

1a: Dungeons and Dragons’ new license tightens its grip on competition: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34264777 - Jan 2023 (203 comments)

1b: Wizards of the Coast Trying to Retroactively Cancel OGL 1.0a: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34271687 - Jan 2023 (233 comments)

2: An Open Letter on the Open Gaming License, to Wizards of the Coast: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34314448 - Jan 2023 (356 comments)

trynewideas · on Jan 13, 2023

And Wizards delaying the new OGL release amid protests: https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-ogl-announcement-wizard...

barbariangrunge · on Jan 13, 2023

The hug of death is great news for paizo and bad news for wizards. So many people trying to visit this page the server can’t handle it

trynewideas · on Jan 13, 2023

Paizo's website architecture is still I think a weird one. Parts of it still report a generator of "WireHose Server 4.0", which was/is a Java WebObjects server last released in 2008 and geared for Mac OS X 10.4.[1] Gary Teter is listed as WireHose's copyright owner; he's been a Paizo employee for years and years.

1: http://www.wirehose.com/products/