For what it is worth, Wizards of the Coast has released version 5.2 of the D&D SRD.
Right now it only comes in Creative Commons versions.
I don't know much about Creative Commons, but I've been using the Open Game License (OGL) since the beginning.
While I am not going to be doing a lot with D&D 5.5 (or are we calling it 5.2 to match the SRD?) on the sales front, I am very interested in trying my hand at doing some Creative Commons releases.
Many interesting games have been released under Creative Commons, which will soon be joined by the new OSRIC 3rd edition.
The 5.1 SRD under the Creative Commons and Open Gaming Licenses are all still available.
These are not the only choices. The TTRPG Resources List keeps a massive list of all sorts of things, including SRDs for your games.
This is a good step forward, but WotC has a lot of ground to make up for what they pissed away in the last few years.
Thanks for posting this! I agree that WotC still has a lot to prove, but I will say that the CC licensing that came from the OGL fiasco is pretty much the best result I could imagine from that. It's almost like D&D finally feels truly free and not under the eye of those who own it, with that page (or half-page, or occasionally quarter-page) reminder at the back of every book. It helps to further cement the game's status as a folk art phenomenon.
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