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D&D 5e SRD? Does it exist and, if so, whats in it?

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#1
PhyrexianKitsune
Mar 19, 2015 9:17:01
As the title asks. Say your a third party publisher, and you want to make content that makes refrence to one or more of the classes found in the player's handbook but not the basic rules, and you want to publish said content under a third party license/possibly even self publish it? Is there an OGL-type agreement for 5e yet that would allow this, and if not, is one slated to be released? Any clarity on this would be nice.

#2
ChrisCarlson
Mar 19, 2015 9:38:47
Nope. Not yet. Rumors of something in the future have sprouted up here and there. But nothing concrete.

#3
AaronOfBarbaria
Mar 19, 2015 11:09:43
If you are wanting to publish your whatever it is right away, rather than waiting for the (to paraphrase Mike Mearls from months ago) time to get used to how the game works and plays before it is opened up to others, you can still used the original OGL to cover your usage of anything made open content by that license, which is a lot of shared names with 5th edition elements. Or you can write your product in such a way that it doesn't require any license to function because you aren't using WotC's stuff in the first place, despite making your product perfectly compatible with theirs.

#4
alienux
Mar 19, 2015 12:28:53
AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
#5
SeamusTheBard
Mar 22, 2015 14:30:21
No game license yet. I'm anxiously awaiting it to really start rolling anything worthwhile on my site, but for now you kind of just have to depend on knowing IP law and avoiding stepping on any trademarks or copywritten content.

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#1 PhyrexianKitsune Mar 19, 2015 9:17:01	As the title asks. Say your a third party publisher, and you want to make content that makes refrence to one or more of the classes found in the player's handbook but not the basic rules, and you want to publish said content under a third party license/possibly even self publish it? Is there an OGL-type agreement for 5e yet that would allow this, and if not, is one slated to be released? Any clarity on this would be nice.
#2 ChrisCarlson Mar 19, 2015 9:38:47	Nope. Not yet. Rumors of something in the future have sprouted up here and there. But nothing concrete.
#3 AaronOfBarbaria Mar 19, 2015 11:09:43	If you are wanting to publish your whatever it is right away, rather than waiting for the (to paraphrase Mike Mearls from months ago) time to get used to how the game works and plays before it is opened up to others, you can still used the original OGL to cover your usage of anything made open content by that license, which is a lot of shared names with 5th edition elements. Or you can write your product in such a way that it doesn't require any license to function because you aren't using WotC's stuff in the first place, despite making your product perfectly compatible with theirs.
#4 alienux Mar 19, 2015 12:28:53	AaronOfBarbaria wrote:
#5 SeamusTheBard Mar 22, 2015 14:30:21	No game license yet. I'm anxiously awaiting it to really start rolling anything worthwhile on my site, but for now you kind of just have to depend on knowing IP law and avoiding stepping on any trademarks or copywritten content.