https://basicfantasy.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=776&start=910
The community around the Basic Fantasy RPG is going line-by-line through their game and getting rid of anything remotely resembling the SRD. This is a massive effort out of love and the spirit of open-source gaming. The work will then be shared under a new Creative Commons License and will likely serve as "DNA" for many other games as the SRD replacement.
What was that line from Star Wars again? The more you tighten your grip...?
Maybe Wizards doesn't want these players as "customers" anymore. This may be a customer divorce.
But many of the players in these affected communities are also DMs, and with a critical shortage of people to run the game, um, there isn't a "game" for many people. Do the people running the show understand the game and community, or are they outsiders who see this as "digital products and services?"
Because it isn't.
People have to show up and play together.
Perhaps Wizards just wants D&D to be streaming service shows and movies. A "franchise" that shows up every few years with a big budget passively watched "thing."
Either way, the communities hurt by this change are pulling together and making things better, and they will likely become stronger and more unified as a result. Hats off to the Basic Fantasy community.
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