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Image: PaizoSix months after the fallout Wizards of the Coast experienced because of its mishandling of Dungeons & Dragons’ Open Game License, Paizo, another TTRPG publisher (known for Pathfinder and Starfinder) has released the third—and what it hopes will be the final—draft of the Open RPG Creative License. Paizo doesn’t own the license, nor is this a license just for Paizo’s work. Much like the OGL or the Creative Commons, it will be a freely available license.Gillian Jacobs Reacting to Her D&D Character Sheet…

Image: Gizmodo/io9As founding cast members of Critical Role, Matt Mercer and Marisha Ray are some of the most influential Dungeons & Dragons players in the world. Currently they act as the Chief Creative Officer and Creative Director for Critical Role, and have always centered their fans in their creative endeavors. When asked about the movement in the wider D&D fandom to Open D&D (by either removing the Open Gaming License from the auspices of Wizards of the Coast, or irrevocably enshrining the OGL 1.0a),…

Photo: Handout (Getty Images)The U.S. Navy was found guilty of piracy and is ordered to pay a software company $154,400 for a lawsuit filed back in 2016. The company, Bitmanagement Software GmbH, filed a complaint against the Navy, accusing the military branch of copyright infringement.GmbH claimed they had issued 38 copies of their 3D virtual reality software, BS Contact Geo, but while they were still in negotiations for additional licenses, the Navy installed the software onto at least 558,466 machines between 2013 and…