A company sells a printed or digital product. And give away a simple version of the copy under creative commons, right? Here's how I would interpret it. * A single licensee (teacher, school, etc) ...

A new draft of the Dungeons & Dragons Open Gaming License, dubbed OGL 1.2 by publisher Wizards of the Coast, is now available for download. The announcement was made Thursday by Kyle Brink, executive ...

Most people who regularly use or create images, videos or music available online are familiar with Creative Commons, the California-based nonprofit organization that provides licensing options for ...

Creative Commons (or “CC”) licenses empower authors to share their work openly while maintaining copyright and some basic control of downstream reuse. While the logos have become a familiar part of ...

For a while there, it looked like Hasbro and its Wizards of the Coast label were about to destroy more than two decades of goodwill from fans, but the company is making some significant moves to ...

Eric Law is a Game Rant contributor from Pennsylvania, USA. An MMORPG-focused video game writer for Game Rant for two years and counting, Eric cut his teeth on gaming since he was a wee lad watching ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Rules covered under the proposed OGL 1.2 include specific classes, spells, and monsters, meaning ...

Dungeons & Dragons will release its System Reference Document (SRD) for its revised 5th edition ruleset next week, providing third-party creators with the frameworks for building out their own ...

Wizards of the Coast seeks feedback on new Open Gaming License version 1.2. It also says that core game mechanics will be placed on a Creative Commons license. Wizards of the Coast seeks feedback on ...

“These live survey results are clear. You want OGL 1.0a. You want irrevocability. You like Creative Commons,” Brink wrote in a statement. “The feedback is in such high volume and its direction is so ...