FUDGE: Freeform, Universal, Donated Gaming Engine

Legal Notice

A Free Role-playing Game (RPG).

By Steffan O'Sullivan

Version: December 7, 1993

Legal Notice

Version: April 5, 2000

     Fudge - A Role-Playing Game

     (c) Copyright 1992-1995 Steffan O'Sullivan.  All rights reserved.  No
     part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic
     or mechanical means (including without limitation photocopying,
     recording, or information storage and retrieval), except under a
     limited, royalty-free license as follows:

     1. Copies of all or portions of Fudge may be made for your own use and
     for distribution to others, provided that you do not charge any fee
     for such copies and further provided that each copy contains this
     Legal Notice in its entirety, whether distributed in print or
     electronically.

     2. You may create derivative works such as additional rules and game
     scenarios and supplements based on Fudge, provided that (i) such
     derivative works are for your own use or for distribution without
     charge, or for publication in a magazine or other periodical, and (ii)
     you include at the beginning of each derivative work the following
     "ABOUT FUDGE" and "DISCLAIMER" paragraphs in their entirety:

A publisher who wishes to include FUDGE in a book of copyrighted source material or adventures may do so, provided the following conditions are met:

  1. The publisher's copyrighted material must be longer than the amount of FUDGE material included.
  2. This legal notice and at least Chapter 1 of FUDGE (Overview) must be included.
  3. The words in this legal notice and those in Chapter 1 of FUDGE may not be changed in any way.
  4. There can be no extra charge for including FUDGE in the book.

ABOUT FUDGE
Fudge is a role-playing game written by Steffan O'Sullivan, with extensive input from the Usenet community of rec.games.design.   The basic rules of Fudge are available on the internet at http://www.fudgerpg.com and in book form from Grey Ghost Games, P.O. Box 838, Randolph, MA 02368.  They may be used with any gaming genre.  While an individual work derived from Fudge may specify certain attributes and skills, many more are possible with Fudge.  Every Game Master using Fudge is encouraged to add or ignore any character traits.  Anyone who wishes to distribute such material for free may do so - merely include this ABOUT FUDGE notice and disclaimer (complete with Fudge copyright notice).  If you wish to charge a fee for such material, other than as an article in a magazine or other periodical, you must first obtain a royalty-free license from the author of Fudge, Steffan O'Sullivan, P.O. Box 465, Plymouth, NH 03264.

FUDGE was first published in 1992 on the Internet, and was written by Steffan O'Sullivan (sos@oz.plymouth.edu) with an extensive amount of high-quality input from Andy Skinner. Other valued contributors include Martin Bergendahl, Thomas Brettinger, Robert Bridson, Travis Casey, Paul Jason Clegg, Peter F. Delaney, Jay Doane, Ann Dupuis, Paul Dupuis, Brian Edmonds, Shawn Garbett, Ed Heil, Richard Hough, Bernard Hsiung, John H. Kim, Pete Lindsay, Bruce Onder, Christian Otkjaer, Bill Seurer, Larry Smith, Stephan Szabo, John Troyer, Corran Webster, and others on rec.games.design on the Internet.

     You must include at the beginning of each derivative work the
     following disclaimer, completed with your name, in its entirety.

        DISCLAIMER
        The following materials based on Fudge, entitled [your title],
        are created by, made available by, and Copyright (C) [copyright
        year] by [your name], and are not necessarily endorsed in
        any way by Steffan O'Sullivan or any publisher of other Fudge
        materials. Neither Steffan O'Sullivan nor any publisher of other
        Fudge materials is in any way responsible for the content of these
        materials unless specifically credited. Original Fudge materials
        Copyright (C)1992-1995 by Steffan O'Sullivan, All Rights Reserved.

     If you wish to distribute copies of all or portions of Fudge or
     derivative works based on Fudge for a fee or charge, other than in
     a magazine or other periodical, please read the licensing instructions.