update jan 27 2023 since the publication of this article publisher wizards of the coast has done a full 180degree turn and announced that the dd ogl wont be changing anymore due to the overwhelming public response original story followsafter another public apology dungeons dragons publisher wizards of the coast has revealed that the latest version of the new dd license or ogl will arrive on friday january 20th following widespread backlashhot on the heels of an official response last week that walked back the most contentious elements of this revised dd license the team is promising to gather player feedback and iterate on the document in coming months it also clarifies what wont be in the new ogl namely there wont be any financial reporting requirements as initially feared in addition anything already published under the original ogl also called ogl 10a will always be licensed under ogl 10a actual plays streams podcasts and accessories based on worlds created with the license also remain unaffectedwritten by kyle brink executive producer for dungeons dragons the post begins by admitting that our language and requirements in the draft ogl were disruptive to creators and not in support of our core goals of protecting and cultivating an inclusive play environment and limiting the ogl to ttrpgs then we compounded things by being silent for too long we hurt fans and creators when more frequent and clear communications could have prevented so much of this it then goes on to discuss the plan for the license moving forward which is going to be more open and transparent with our entire community of creatorsutilizing the same feedback system used for unearthed arcana a series of posts that playtest new material itll ask you specific questions about the document and include open form fields to share any other feedback you have after its launch this survey will remain open for two weeksthe post wraps up by reiterating changes to the new dd ogl many of which we have already been unveiled along with scrapping royalty fees and making it clear that content creators will own anything they create using the license products released on dms guild arent going to be impacted virtual tabletop services and commissioned work remain unchanged tooyou can read the entire post via dd beyondits been a busy month for the best tabletop rpgs in the wake of the turmoil rival paizo announced its own license that was so popular it crashed the website whats more so many fans canceled their online dd subscription that it crashed the page