WotC OGL 1.1 leaks.
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Archived article by Gizmodo on the OGL 1.1 leaks.
WotC is looking to argue that this is the only active OGL; that the OGL 1.0 and OGL 1.0(a), will retroactively no longer be 'authorized'. The argument is based on the language in 1.0(a) citing other 'authorization,' meaning that provided by the 1.0; the legal construction of withdrawing authorization is suspect. But do you really want to go to court and fight Hasbro's lawyers?
Doubtful.
Begun, the D&D bootleg era has.
I don't want to go to court over it, but Paizo might given that their Pathfinder game is based on the OGL. I doubt they're going to just fold up shop.
They may be interested in the custom licenses that the article talks about, but likely only if they deem it to be less than the cost of litigating or they don't like their chances of winning.
If they do succumb to WOTC, then I think they will blow all of the goodwill they have made by providing the number one alternative to 5E, now that I think about it.