By OSR are we taking about things that basically have a D20 system at it's heart? Would the Black Hack be OSR? What about BrightHammer? Just asking for clarification, not looking for debates about it. Whatever this jam says it is, it is.
my general rule is that it's definitely OSR if it's compatible with every edition of D&D. So anything that does that is definitely allowed.
But it's not like anyone's saying that the Black Hack isn't OSR, and I'd accept submissions for Black Hack content.
While trying to figure out what BrightHammer was, so that I could answer this question, I found out that the person who wrote BrightHammer has me pre-emptively blocked on Twitter, so I'm not gonna accept submissions on that.
Basically, if it's not generically compatible with a bunch of stuff, I guess directly ask me and I'll look it up. I'm generally going to err on the side of yes, though, on the basic assumption that a) you and everyone else is acting in basically good faith and b) not that much hinges on me getting the exact definition of "OSR" wrong.
For what it's worth, my working guideline of OSR is "A character or monster made in an OSR game should be able to have a fight with a character or monster made in an old-school D&D game with minimal issues." In particular, both should use d20 to attack and track damage in hit points. Also an OSR game should use the same six ability scores as D&D, possibly renamed.
ETA: I don't mean that this should be everybody's definition. It's just the one I have in my head.
Well, there's this thread and my replies to each person.
Aside from that, if your supplement is compatible with every edition of D&D, it's fine. If it's not, ask me, I'll look into whatever specific thing you want to make content for and approve it (likely) or explain why I'm not approving it.
There's also all the quote-tweets of this where various creators have approved you to play around with their IP. Those are all pre-approved for submission. https://twitter.com/ForestedDepth/status/1496480906797850626
Sorry for doing things in such a haphazard way, but there's too many OSR systems to list them all. It's a beautiful diversity, but that brings certain burdens with it.
It's not helpful, there are many many games that are OSR that aren't on that tree.
Also, the original version of that chart was made by someone who's had friendly interactions with me
https://twitter.com/DaddyRolleda1/status/1497296829779611651
The edit you posted was produced along with some really rude behavior towards him, and removes all mention of his daughter. Please don't use a game jam I've put my name on for that sort of thing.
Like I said its more of a starting point to pick your favorite edition from rather than anything definitive. I don't have anything against your friend but I don't consider this to be inherently of rude behavior since there's no such thing as an objective internalization of information. I was also interested in finding the original version and I appreciate you helping me find it.