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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Edena_of_Neith" data-source="post: 4733356" data-attributes="member: 2020">I know that there is such a thing as Fair Use.  But I know nothing about it, other than it is often fought over, by people who understand the law (whereas I do not understand the law.)  I would love to share the Everlist.  I've wanted to for many years (actually, for more than a decade.)  I didn't want it to collect dust forever, to be metaphorical.  But whether Copyright Law is reasonable or not reasonable, it *is* Copyright Law, and I must obey it.  And I will.  I'll say this, though:  A vast part of *all* that was written concerning Dungeons and Dragons, in those older editions - a vast part of *all* the writing period, in terms of page count and bulk content, was devoted to spell descriptions.  Spells were a vast part of the game.  And some of what was written was really creative and neat.  Some of it, was astonishingly game-breaking, by the present definitions.  Some of it, was simply humorous, and some was extremely nasty in a nice way.  Just a lot of cool stuff.  One day, when they declare all this older stuff to be Open Content, and they give their permission, I'll be able to dust off the Everlist and post it.  Until then, all I can say is 1E and 2E had truly great concepts, both in spells and otherwise, but certainly in spells.  A discussion of those spells, if ever we can have one, would be a *really neat* discussion!  Edena_of_Neith  EDIT:    I take the exact inverse of my gaming thinking, in Real Life.  That is, in a game, in the fantasy setting, my attitude is You Can Do It, Unless the Rules Specifically State You Can't Do It.  This is well known;  my laisse faire attitude is well known.  But in Real Life, when it comes to Copyright (or anything else related to the law) I always go with the inverse:  You Can't Do It Unless the Rules Specifically Say You Can Do It.  This approach has made for great games ... and for keeping out of trouble in Real Life.  (muses)</blockquote>

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