Dungeons & Dragons has walked back its huge OGL mistake, but the damage is already done

Last week, I wrote that Dungeons & Dragons' OGL wasn't worth fighting for. While I stand by the concerns I have about Wizards of the Coast's stranglehold on the market, and my apprehensive feelings about the overall effect of the OGL, there's clearly one thing I didn't anticipate: that just a few days later, WOTC would completely and utterly fold on the issue. I predicted a protracted and probably unwinnable fight between the company and its customers—instead, WOTC has apologised, backed away completely from the OGL...