Traveller Developer's Pack

[dmccoy1693]

Ah, I had thought that the license as written applied only to WotC's IP, and games based upon their IP, and that any other company declaring their content open would have to write one of their own. I take it that not only have I been wrong in this regard, but that the OGL crosses the pond, as well.

The only thing that WotC owns with regards to the OGL is the license itself and whatever WotC declares to be open content. When Mongoose wrote material compatable with D&D, Mongoose still owned what they publish. The OGL was merely the vehicle that allowed legal publishing of compatable material to happen.

But there is no reason why any company can't take that same license (since it is "perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, [and] non-exclusive ") and use it for their own endeavors, just as Mongoose has done.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Tipsy, setting stuff falls into a bit of grey area.

If you are NON Commercial, then you can put it on a website, or post it here using the FUP. Since CT and MGT are using the same era of the 3I, you are fine.

If you want to sell it, you have to shoe-horn it into the Foreven Sector if you want to reference OTU names etc.

 

[d.b.gamedesign]

I can't be clearer than that A new FUP will be uploaded this afternoon that makes this black and white.

Well, you clearly can be clearer, since the FUP lacks that crucial "all" bit. And the documents themselves do need to be as unambiguous as possible - your comments on this board may not be around forever for people to refer to after all.

But thanks for clarifying the document.

Sorry to slap you like this, but...

"All" is an absolute inclusion. "non" is an absolute exclusion.

Its actually incorrect to say "All non-Mongoose Editions" as thats a double absolute.

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

Matt: can I directly reference the Traveller Main Rulebook wihtout quoting content? i.e. can I say "Tasks are carried out using the rules on page 48 of the Traveller Main Rulebook"?

I can see that under s. 10 of the TLL I can reference the TMB itself - but can I actually state which page I'm referring to, under s. 10 of the TLL?

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

Thanks for the reply via PM, Matt.

 

[Golan2072]

Could you please post the answer publicly? I am (and probably others are) interested in that answer as well

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

Sorry Omer - I meant to but got distracted (ooh shiney thing!)

Yes, indeed: we can directly reference the TMB and direct people to specific pages within the TMB i.e. "Tasks are carried out using the rules on page 48 of the Traveller Main Rulebook".

 

[Golan2072]

Thanks!

 

[dmccoy1693]

Wow, I figured section would be ok, but not page number. Between the the TMB, book 0, and the pocket ed, I figured the page numbers would be different enough to cause issues.

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

Wow, I figured section would be ok, but not page number.

I wasn't entirely sure either, so I thought I'd ask

Between the the TMB, book 0, and the pocket ed, I figured the page numbers would be different enough to cause issues.

I suspect that may actually be the case. Book 0 is TMB on a radical diet, so the page numbers were never going to match. The pocket edition, well, we'll have to wait for its arrival to compare page numbers with the TMB.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

I think you would only want to reference back to the TMB, not the Book 0 or any other "shorter" version that might be published.

Since you already have to say that your product requires use of the TMB, that should be your reference.

 

[Gruffty the Hiver]

Yup that's the thing to do: reference the TMB.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Matt, will things from Mercenary and High Guard be added to the OGL?

Specifically, the new skills and the ship features would be nice, not to mention the weapons.

 

[d.b.gamedesign]

Please, oh please, don't leave us ship publishers hangin. Add small craft to the SRD! P-p-p-pleeeese!

 

[mxyzplk]

Very cool, thanks for the clarifications!

 

[Infojunky]

Matt, will things from Mercenary and High Guard be added to the OGL?

Specifically, the new skills and the ship features would be nice, not to mention the weapons.

Yes this has been one of those question that has come up in my group.

 

[d.b.gamedesign]

I have a Fanzine question.

I want to be able to write two separate articles for a fanzine.

One is for the Foreven Free Sector. This one will cover the worlds I wish to develop for the sector.

The other is OTU material that supports the Empty Quarter sector, and will not include any references to MGT, it will stick strictly to CT and MT.

Is that permissible in the same fanzine?

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

It should be OK.

You would need to clearly state that one article is using the FFSLL and the other is using the FUP since 1105 is also the CT setting.

The fanzine must be FREE though if you are going to use the FUP.

 

[MongooseMatt]

It should be OK.

You would need to clearly state that one article is using the FFSLL and the other is using the FUP since 1105 is also the CT setting.

The fanzine must be FREE though if you are going to use the FUP.

This is correct.

 

[Rikki Tikki Traveller]

Hurrah for me!

I now have Advocate 0 ! :lol: