A NOTE TO PRESENT AND POTENTIAL SOFTWARE AUTHORS
A mistaken impression is being circulated on the TML --
Anthony S. Neal (from a private Email):
>a few members of the TML...have informed me that GDW has
> previously given general consent to all on the list to write
> software and distribute it as long as a notice to the
> effect that all trademarks and copyrights on the source
> information are GDW's.
This is _NOT_ correct. You must ask specific permission, each
time, and receive a specific answer before you go ahead.
GDW has NEVER granted anyone _general_ permission to
use its trademarks or copyrights, although we have often
granted _specific_ permission. We are advised that this is
necessary to preserve our rights to our intellectual property.
I had considerable trouble getting an Email answer to Anthony,
for reasons I do not completely understand, not being all that
familiar with the way Internet works, but I did eventually get
him a letter of permission.
To expand a bit: It is OK with us if you write programs _solely
for your own use_ that incorporate our copyrighted material
without asking. If you want to give the program away or make it
available for the asking/taking on a net, please ask me first,
and I'll get back to you with the statement you have to include
in order to preserve GDW's rights.
Commercial inquiries are also welcome. Call us and we'll talk.
Movie producers are our specialty.
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Re: Time to smell the coffee.
Thanks.
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> The problem is that the only new material that will be out of
> GDW will be stuff based upon the post-virus universe.
This is going to be the case for the forseeable future, I'm
afraid. We need to concentrate on RCES and Regency material for a
while. I wouldn't rule out the possibility of Classic Traveller
material eventually appearing in Challenge, however, anything is
possible.
> That is what really drives any business that is going to
> stick around, money. If it sells, great.
Yep. I'd rather be employed than unemployed.
> I hide my head in shame at what my fingers typed.
Feel not asham'd. Verily, I had a friend who once mistook the
Empress Mathilda for Margaret of Anjou. Ah, the goodly jest we
had at _his_ expense!
> Has anyone put together a good reading list of Victorian time
> period adventures?
Not that I know of. Are we limited to material written _by_
Victorians?
Finally, a slightly less garbled version of our upcoming
products list.
1993:
Brilliant Lances August 93 Starship Combat
Fire, Fusion, and Steel November 93 Technical Architecture
Deluxe Traveller (boxed set) November 93 Includes basic
rules, FF&S book, and
some other goodies.
Traveller Referee's Screen October 93 What it says.
Traveller Player's Forms October 93 A collection of
handy forms and play aids to
help minimize bookkeeping.
This one is optional.
1994:
Smash and Grab (adventure) 1st Quarter 94
Star Viking Sourcebook 1st Quarter 94
Striker II 1994, release date uncertain
Ship Books 1994, release date uncertain.
These will be some books of
deck plans and data, written
from the internal fiction that
they are orientation manuals
for new ship's crew. I'm co-
writing the first one of
these, about the Aurora-
class clippers used by the
RCES.
A Weapons Compendium 1994
A Vehicle Compendium 1994
Sundry Adventure & Other products 1994