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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Johnny Angel" data-source="post: 2958469" data-attributes="member: 13334">Reading the materials linked to, it doesn't look like an encouraging prospect.  They certainly didn't have Star*Drive materials in mind when they wrote up the policy, and I shouldn't think editing the disclaimer text they have would be kosher.  Also, even if the agreement covered these materials, it doesn't seem open to broad interpretation.  For one thing, it said something to the effect that the rules used must be covered in the SRD.  Does that mean that if I use a feat that comes from a non-SRD OGL source that I'm in violation?  Can I suggest to the reader how to use the Unearthed Arcana's optional complex skill check system to substitute for Alternity complex skill checks?  When I ran the party through Deep Cover, the adventure that came with the System Guide to Aegis, I had to do a fair deal of figuring to get the timing to work out for the chase up to the manor house and the sequence of events counted down by minutes.  That requires not just a new set of stats, but a rearrangement of the encounter just to achieve the same effect using a different system of turns.  If I had to leave my own re-figuring out, it would defeat at least part of the purpose of presenting the notes -- to save the GM the time and make the adventure basically ready-to-play.  I also have a homebrew adventure that I've been attempting to clean up for use by the public.  It was designed for the Star*Drive setting, though it could be rendered more generic.  But in my write-up, I have been giving page numbers to Star*Drive materials so that the GM would know exactly where to look to read up on the setting details most relevant to the module without having to learn everything about the Star*Drive campaign all at once.  Am I allowed to do that?  In academia, I don't think anybody would blink at calling this 'fair use.'</blockquote>

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