<s>
The	O
Open	B-Application
Game	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
OGL	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
public	O
copyright	O
license	O
by	O
Wizards	O
of	O
the	O
Coast	O
that	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
developers	O
to	O
grant	O
permission	O
to	O
modify	O
,	O
copy	O
,	O
and	O
redistribute	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
content	O
designed	O
for	O
their	O
games	O
,	O
notably	O
game	O
mechanics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
 [ ... ] 	O
One	O
of	O
my	O
fundamental	O
arguments	O
is	O
that	O
by	O
pursuing	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Gaming	I-Application
concept	O
,	O
Wizards	O
can	O
establish	O
a	O
clear	O
policy	O
on	O
what	O
it	O
will	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
not	O
allow	O
people	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
its	O
copyrighted	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
other	O
words	O
,	O
there	O
's	O
no	O
reason	O
for	O
Wizards	O
to	O
ever	O
make	O
a	O
change	O
that	O
the	O
community	O
of	O
people	O
using	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Gaming	I-Application
License	I-Application
would	O
object	O
to	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
community	O
would	O
just	O
ignore	O
the	O
change	O
anyway	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
12	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Wizards	O
of	O
the	O
Coast	O
released	O
the	O
5th	O
Edition	O
SRD	O
under	O
v1.0a	O
of	O
the	O
OGL	O
,	O
marking	O
a	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Gaming	I-Application
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
content	O
creators	O
can	O
access	O
a	O
different	O
license	O
option	O
by	O
publishing	O
through	O
the	O
Dungeon	O
Masters	O
Guild	O
storefront	O
;	O
this	O
license	O
goes	O
a	O
step	O
further	O
by	O
allowing	O
individuals	O
and	O
third	O
party	O
publishers	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
sell	O
content	O
based	O
on	O
specific	O
Wizards	O
of	O
the	O
Coast	O
intellectual	O
property	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
,	O
Ravenloft	O
,	O
Eberron	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Magic	O
:	O
The	O
Gathering	O
planes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
is	O
certain	O
our	O
Open	B-Application
Game	I-Application
License	I-Application
(	O
OGL	O
)	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
evolve	O
,	O
just	O
as	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
its	O
inception	O
,	O
we	O
're	O
too	O
early	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
One	O
D&D	O
to	O
give	O
more	O
specifics	O
on	O
the	O
OGL	O
or	O
System	O
Reference	O
Document	O
(	O
SRD	O
)	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
individuals	O
,	O
groups	O
and	O
publishing	O
companies	O
that	O
license	O
their	O
works	O
under	O
the	O
OGL	O
and	O
similar	O
documents	O
are	O
sometimes	O
collectively	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
open	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
movement	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OGL	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
stand-alone	O
Pathfinder	B-Application
Roleplaying	I-Application
Game	I-Application
which	O
is	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
3.5	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Whelan	O
and	O
Bob	O
Tarantino	O
,	O
for	O
Law	O
Insider	O
in	O
2021	O
,	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Game	I-Application
License	I-Application
is	O
incredibly	O
broad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
emergence	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
licensing	O
for	O
RPGs	O
facilitates	O
user	O
creativity	O
and	O
innovation	O
,	O
as	O
dozens	O
of	O
D&	O
D-compatible	O
supplements	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
under	O
the	O
Open	B-Application
Game	I-Application
License	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
