Linae Foster


Linae Foster was the D&D Licensing Manager at Wizards of the Coast, and part of the production staff for the fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons.

Career

Linae Foster and D&D Brand Manager Scott Rouse were the successors at Wizards of the Coast to Ryan Dancey, who created the Open Gaming License. Rouse and Foster worked on a new OGL to support the fourth edition of Dungeons & Dragons beginning in 2007. On January 2, 2008, Foster posted Wizards' plans for the 4th edition OGL, which would require publishers to pay a fee to earn the right to publish their books two months after the release of 4th edition. Later that year, Foster was laid off and her Licensing Manager position was entirely eliminated.