DGP / FFE Limited Permission
Roger's Official Permission to
Marc Miller
Date: Friday 1 Nov 1996
Dear Stuart and TML'ers,
I wrote a detailed letter about
DGP's copyright policies on
TML awhile back (with which
Marc Miller concurred), but there still seems to be some lingering confusion concerning the matter in public Traveller discussions, so I'll clarify the situation again. I think you are going to love this:
MARC MILLER HAS DGP'S PERMISSION to use background data (
UWP lists,
planet names,
sector maps, etc.) from DGP's Traveller works in any way that he sees fit in printed
Traveller 4 publications!
In addition,
Marc Miller has been given a free hand to dip into DGP's Traveller archives for inspiration in developing background material for his new incarnation of the Traveller role-playing game. This way, he can keep
Traveller 4 consistent with what has come before!!!
The races (the
Geonee, the
Brinn, etc.), the places (
Vland,
Shudusham,
Capital), and the things (
robots,
equipment,
etc.) which you loved from
DGP's works still exist in the overall
Traveller milieu. I don't believe Marc has any intention of changing this (he's DGP's number one fan!).
Traveller has been around a long time, and it would be a shame to invalidate the thousands of pages that have been written for the
milieu. Marc knows what he's doing, and he knows what you love. A lot of what has come before will not exist in
Milieu Zero, but the future has not been erased.
And the best years are yet to come.
Sincerely,
Roger Sanger,
Digest Group Publications
[originally appeared on the
Traveller Mailing List, Digest #641, Friday 1 Nov 1996]
FFE Policy on DGP (1998 to Present)
OFF-LIMITS: FFE's basic policy is that
DGP materials are
off limits to be quoted or re-written as new products. Universe elements from
DGP materials still exist in the
OTU, and may be included as story elements in new materials, but
DGP storylines are considered ended. New stories should be written and the old
DGP ones left alone.
DGP illustrations or text may be paraphrased or quoted in limited amounts at the
Traveller RPG Wiki, but not off the wiki. If in doubt, please speak with one of the moderators or simply paraphrase. So, the wonderful elements of DGP materials are still around in the
OTU, but we must be careful in using them, be respectful in how we quote them, and cooperative with
DGP's property owner.
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Maksim-Smelchak (
talk) 11:00, 13 February 2019 (EST)