A grassroots campaign has gathered thousands of signatures for an open letter protesting the reported terms of a new Open Game License set to be published by Wizards of the Coast. Last week, details emerged about the OGL 1.1, the legal framework which allows third-party publishers to make Dungeons & Dragons material. While Wizards of the Coast previously confirmed that a new OGL would be issued, details about the new framework included highly controversial language surrounding the rights of material published under the OGL, a 25% royalty fee on all work published under the OGL that generated more than $750,000 of income per year, and the “de-authorization” of the previous OGL despite previous claims by Wizards that publishers would be able to use old versions of the OGL should a new version be issued with less than favorable terms.
