hunter
Ancient - Absent Friend
Would anyone be interested in a 'limited' license to produce and sell their own Traveller compatible products?
Here's what we (Marc and I) are considering:
Anyone could produce and sell products that carry some sort of 'Compatible with Traveller' logo or brand. There would be a couple of catches however:
1) All such products could be PDF format only and could ONLY be sold through this website.
2) The author/publisher would receive a majority cut of any sale (exact percentage not yet determined).
3) The product could claim only mechanical compatibility. No compatibility with the OTU, nor any use of OTU material could be used. If you want to do that you need a full license.
4) The license for a product (or a publisher) could be revoked at any time for any reason. (This is mainly for reasons of quality and decency on our end for anything that is directly linked to the Traveller trademarks).
5) The author/publisher retains copyright on their material. Though if you want to sell the material elsewhere or bring it to print you would have to either obtain a full license or remove any reference to Traveller trademarks and remove any material that would violater the Traveller copyrights.
6) This license would cover all version of the Traveller rules except for GURPS: Traveller. Of course if you use anything from T20 you will may have to follow the OGL license as well (depending on what you use).
That's the bare basics. So what do you folks thinks? Any interest? You could publish rules enhancements, generic adventures, your own settings, and tons more. You won't get rich, but you might make a few bucks to help support your Traveller habit
Please note that the basics I have outlined here might be subject to change, but are currently what we are considering going with).
Hunter
Here's what we (Marc and I) are considering:
Anyone could produce and sell products that carry some sort of 'Compatible with Traveller' logo or brand. There would be a couple of catches however:
1) All such products could be PDF format only and could ONLY be sold through this website.
2) The author/publisher would receive a majority cut of any sale (exact percentage not yet determined).
3) The product could claim only mechanical compatibility. No compatibility with the OTU, nor any use of OTU material could be used. If you want to do that you need a full license.
4) The license for a product (or a publisher) could be revoked at any time for any reason. (This is mainly for reasons of quality and decency on our end for anything that is directly linked to the Traveller trademarks).
5) The author/publisher retains copyright on their material. Though if you want to sell the material elsewhere or bring it to print you would have to either obtain a full license or remove any reference to Traveller trademarks and remove any material that would violater the Traveller copyrights.
6) This license would cover all version of the Traveller rules except for GURPS: Traveller. Of course if you use anything from T20 you will may have to follow the OGL license as well (depending on what you use).
That's the bare basics. So what do you folks thinks? Any interest? You could publish rules enhancements, generic adventures, your own settings, and tons more. You won't get rich, but you might make a few bucks to help support your Traveller habit
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Please note that the basics I have outlined here might be subject to change, but are currently what we are considering going with).
Hunter