Legalities & Copyrights

[Strange Visitor]

I think it's a very bad idea to include material from TGSB without permission. At the least, it should be segregated from newly contributed material until permission is obtained. Otherwise the new material just creates a derivative work, which is still subject to restriction by the original copyright holder.

[TELLE]

Ulp!

[Super Monkey]

But he's MIA.

[Klar Ken T5477]

Just cause MF doesnt post here doesnt mean he's MIA but yweah, Ive brought up these concerns before which is why Ive striven to do new entries off the top of my head or backed by my own funny book research.

Oh and luckily for me I dont have TGSB...phew!~

[Bill 9000]

Neither do I (sadly). That's why I wrote mine based on my own research like Klar.

[Strange Visitor]

Just cause MF doesnt post here doesnt mean he's MIA but yweah, Ive brought up these concerns before which is why Ive striven to do new entries off the top of my head or backed by my own funny book research.

Oh and luckily for me I dont have TGSB...phew!~

I don't think it's a good idea to add material off the top of one's head, because the documentation likely won't meet TGSB standards. Every bit of information in TGSB is documented by at least one specific story source. This documentation is one of the book's essential features. Original research is really a requirement for new material if we hope to maintain TGSB standards.

[Strange Visitor]

But he's MIA.

We'll be fine until the copyright holder discovers what we've done and decides to enforce his rights. At that point, unless we've segregated his material, all our work would be lost. If we're serious about this project, I don't think we can afford that risk.