Editing Forum:Traveller writers' guideline FAQ

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In the Facebook group "''Traveller'' RPG Headquarters", I started this discussion: [https://www.facebook.com/groups/151886352134515/permalink/204869076836242 What are the current rules for ''Traveller''-compatible publications?]

In a comment I posted today at 4:06 pm (below), I proposed assembling the information in the discussion into a reference document for potential ''Traveller'' writers, and writers for materials that are sufficiently close to ''Traveller'' to appeal to the same gamer audience but sufficiently different to be permissible without a license.

Since the Facebook group is private, here's the rest of my initial post. I'll ask others in the discussion for permission to re-post here too.

: I know that free stuff is easy: just include the usual Far Future Enterprises boilerplate and you're good. (Correct me if I'm wrong about this, please.)

: I also know about the Mongoose TAS sub-license, but my understanding is that Mongoose gets a piece of the action, and the action is probably pretty small before sharing it.

: There's also a way to do stuff that is compatible with ''Traveller'' but not explicitly licensed. My understanding is that Cepheus and Clement Sector materials fall into this category, but I don't know how to comply with those rules. Can anyone explain how to charge for stuff without a license or sub-license so that it doesn't run afoul of the rules? Do I just avoid mention of copyright canon, and stay clear of ''Traveller'' trademarks?

: For small stuff that I'd write anyway, I'd rather give it away so more people can enjoy it. But something that takes a lot of concentrated effort is worth a little licensing hassle.

This is my 4:06 pm comment (which may not show up with that time stamp if you're the outside Pacific Time zone):

: Thank you very much, [[John Watts]]! Thanks to others for replies. Perhaps this discussion could be assembled into a Facebook Note for general reference for potential ''Traveller'' writers, including "everything but the trademarks" writers. My thought for that is to assemble it in a shared Google Drive document, or perhaps a wiki.travellerrpg.com article if the senior folks there approve. It would be great to have it all in one place.

Would a writers' reference guide (beyond the [[Manual of Style]] that's specific to writing for this wiki) fall within the reasonable domain of this wiki? If so, where should it go? Or is there one here somewhere already?

:: ― [[User:Steve98052|Steve98052]] ([[User talk:Steve98052|talk]]) 19:40, 4 July 2018 (EDT)