Note, this is a 2024 update to a ruleset whose previous version was released under Creative Commons (CC-BY-4.0).<p>Also, this is the SRD - the "genericized" version of the rules, that includes all the core game systems but omits content and references to official lore. (e.g. the SRD has a spell called "Mage’s Private Sanctum", which is mechanically the same as the main ruleset's "Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum".)
To be clear, this is just the 5.2 SRD, not any of the core books. 5.1 SRD is currently creative commons too.<p>What's more interesting to me is that they're going to review the older edition SRDs, with an aim to releasing those under Creative Commons too, after SRD 5.2 is out.<p>Positive news.
WOTC lost a lot of good will with trying to copyright OGL stuff last January. I'm glad this led to Paizo taking opportunity to divest itself with the pathfinder "2.1" remaster which I think strengthens their game with some of the other tweaks.
"a Creative Commons licence" is meaningless since it includes things like -NC-ND which are basically useless to the commons. I wish people would stop using that phrase. At least the article mentions the concrete license: CC-BY-4.0
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