Version: April 5, 2000
Fudge - A Role-Playing Game
(c) Copyright 1992-1995 Steffan O'Sullivan. All rights
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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:
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
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