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By prohibiting ORC licensing on Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite, Paizo is now a step closer to WotC's walled garden approach with dmsguild
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<blockquote data-quote="AvtrSpirit" data-source="post: 9193661" data-attributes="member: 7042141"><p>With the release of the remaster rules for PF2e, Paizo <a href="https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sig4?Pathfinder-Infinite-and-the-ORC-License" target="_blank">issued this announcement</a>:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This prevents any Infinite creator from using ORC licensed material in their products, and also from ORC licensed products from using any Infinite creations.</p><p></p><p>The reasons cited for this announcement include enforcing a closed ecosystem as required by the Infinite license, and avoiding confusion between ORC-licensed material and OGL-based Open Gaming Content.</p><p></p><p>While WotC's own storefront (dmsguild) has operated under a similarly closed license for years, this announcement marks a change for Infinite's effective openness. Prior to this, OGL content could be, and frequently was, published in Infinite, which allowed the Open Gaming Content parts of those product to be open to use by creators outside of the Infinite ecosystem. Creators on Infinite could also use the Open Gaming Content made by people outside of the Infinite ecosystem.</p><p></p><p>With this announcement, as more material trends away from the OGL, the system will approach parity with WotC's own fully closed ecosystem.</p><p></p><p>Some (including yours truly) have flagged this as a point of concern and a step (albeit a small step) away from open gaming for Paizo. The dissenting voices are in a minority though, as the majority has accepted this closed approach as standard industry practice. Some confusion remains on the specifics of the implementation of this announcement, including concerns about VTT integration. Paizo is currently seeking questions that creators may have about this announcement and will host a livestream on Nov 21st to answer these questions.</p><p></p><p>I'll end this post with a bit of editorializing: It's so ironic that after having championed the ORC license, Paizo makes it so that the only way to have open content on Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite is via the OGL.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AvtrSpirit, post: 9193661, member: 7042141"] With the release of the remaster rules for PF2e, Paizo [URL='https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sig4?Pathfinder-Infinite-and-the-ORC-License']issued this announcement[/URL]: This prevents any Infinite creator from using ORC licensed material in their products, and also from ORC licensed products from using any Infinite creations. The reasons cited for this announcement include enforcing a closed ecosystem as required by the Infinite license, and avoiding confusion between ORC-licensed material and OGL-based Open Gaming Content. While WotC's own storefront (dmsguild) has operated under a similarly closed license for years, this announcement marks a change for Infinite's effective openness. Prior to this, OGL content could be, and frequently was, published in Infinite, which allowed the Open Gaming Content parts of those product to be open to use by creators outside of the Infinite ecosystem. Creators on Infinite could also use the Open Gaming Content made by people outside of the Infinite ecosystem. With this announcement, as more material trends away from the OGL, the system will approach parity with WotC's own fully closed ecosystem. Some (including yours truly) have flagged this as a point of concern and a step (albeit a small step) away from open gaming for Paizo. The dissenting voices are in a minority though, as the majority has accepted this closed approach as standard industry practice. Some confusion remains on the specifics of the implementation of this announcement, including concerns about VTT integration. Paizo is currently seeking questions that creators may have about this announcement and will host a livestream on Nov 21st to answer these questions. I'll end this post with a bit of editorializing: It's so ironic that after having championed the ORC license, Paizo makes it so that the only way to have open content on Pathfinder/Starfinder Infinite is via the OGL. [/QUOTE]
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