Nice optics/turnabout, but is any OGL truly necessary?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/01/b ... p-creators
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-ga ... explained/
Thing that strikes me is article 6 (f):
"No Hateful Content or Conduct. You will not include content in Your Licensed Works that is harmful, discriminatory, illegal, obscene, or harassing, or engage in conduct that is harmful, discriminatory, illegal, obscene, or harassing. We have the sole right to decide what conduct or content is hateful, and you covenant that you will not contest any such determination via any suit or other legal action."
I get it from a certain quality control standpoint, but with "We have the sole right to decide what conduct or content is hateful, and you covenant that you will not contest any such determination via any suit or other legal action.", there is no arbiter to definition of terms. They can use this umbrella statement-lockdown and pull the rug out on any products that may exist or delve in the between realms of fantasy and real life, or, those areas where some people, sometimes, like to drag stuff from one side to the other.
A setting with evil orcs, or drow, or any "born evil" species (old school fantasy/D&D tropes); misanthropic or less than legal bands of gypsies with mercenary morals (old school movie/Ravenloft trope); slavery/slave trade in general (most fantasy ever published/Dark Sun)...it's all open to context, but at the same time it's prime ground for certain people to rant and rage "foul". None of those things, on their own as fantasy setting injections of flavour, are hateful to any living beings but they can certainly be viewed by some as just that, outside of intended or even stated context.
Game settings (such as Dark Sun) and classic literary tales (such as Robert E Howard) both use slavery in a somewhat fundamental sense, yet never "said" anything to support the practise of slavery in real life. Dark Sun is actually about fighting (or hiding from/surviving) the slavers (Sorcerer-Kings), and Conan is as anti-establishment/pro freedom as you can find in fantasy. The original Shadowrunner. Heh.
Seriously though, with a tool like this, a sometimes-maybe (hyper) sensitivity reader over your shoulder...just as some people like to blur and drag real life to others' fantasy games, WotC can (or even be pressured to) blur, drag, and blend business to others' fantasy games.
Like I said, I get it to a point, but it needs definition. It's so vague, and you'll have to agree to anything WotC comes up with ("drow are make-believe, we made them up, but they depict real life black people. You are hurting the black community with your evil drow kingdom. You're shut down."), should they notice your work and target you for deactivation.
Combine both topics in this post and I think I'd opt for true creative freedom, and not sign nothing. Just so happens that I don't make a dime on my D&D, but thst's besides the point. It's the principle of the matter.