Paizo Announces System-Neutral Open RPG License | Paizo
Paizo is proud to announce a new system-neutral Open RPG Creative License, the ORC, which will allow independent game publishers to authorize use of their own game systems for third-party publishers.
This doesn't make Paizo any kind of hero. The banner announcing their closure for Communist Nigger Day should be sufficient reminder of that. They were just the only ones who had any chance of pushing back against WotC.