RE: [email removed] (George W Herbert)
"You'd have to avoid referring to interstellar travel via a week-long
hyperspace as "jump". You'd have to try and keep "Imperium" out of
it for most intents and purposes. All alien race names would be
verboten. Star system names might even be covered."
"Heck, the task system is probably copyrighted and -able, so it's
probably out, too. Weapon names like "7mm Assault Rifle" or
"RAM GL" or "PGMP" are probably out."
The only thing GDW could sue for is something that *they* made up. So, yes,
you'd have to swear off 'Imperium', and most of the aliens that GDW made up.
But you could have aliens as similiar to GDW's as the originals GDW copied them
from.
Things like "jump", "ACR" are too generic for GDW to have a legitimite gripe.
RAM GL you could probably get away with. PGMP is probably out.
But what the heck :-> what's in a name? :->
Jim.