I don't see a problem with that, they aren't saying anything they haven't
said before. Also, they are not charging you money to use their license and
they are trying to keep some consistancy in their universe (their's because
their Intellectual Rights say so).
Remember, even Netepic has rules about how things work and they aren't
included until they are dissected by this Group. Are you saying someone
could make up their (GW example here) badger army and you would have no
problem with it being made official by that person without your say so?
Darryl Hilbig
The Theory and Practic of Gamesmanship, or The Art of Winning Games Without
Actually Cheating.
(Title of Book 1947)
(Stephen Potter 1900-69)
(British Writer)
>From: "Lorenzo Canapicchi" <canapicchi_at_...>
>Reply-To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
>To: netepic_at_yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [NetEpic ML] G(rab) W(allets) strikes again
>Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:19:21 -0000
>
>
>people at GW did it again :o) instead to be excited for "Dawn of War"
>PC game succes they wrote this:
>
>-----------------------
>A Message from Games Workshop about Modding Dawn of War
>
>With the recent release of the Dawn of War mod tools we're excited to
>see what you can generate in the coming months. There are plenty of
>units, races, and places in the Warhammer 40,000 universe that didn't
>make it into Dawn of War, so we expect some great things ahead! These
>tools are giving you unprecedented access to the Warhammer 40,000
>universe and because of that we have a few rules we need everyone to
>follow. Yes, this is the dull legal bit, but our rules are pretty
>straightforward.
>
>First of all, you need to read our Intellectual Property policy,
>which can be found here: http://uk.games-
>workshop.com/legal/ippolicy.htm. It's a lot of information, but
>modders can concentrate on sections 1 and 2 (including the 'Can
>Do', 'Can't Do' and 'Specific Examples' parts of section 2). After
>you've read it you need to make sure that any project of yours
>follows the rules laid out in the policy.
>
>We need an IP policy because the law requires us to make a visible
>effort to actively police and protect our rights or risk losing them.
>If we lose control of our IP rights then we lose the ability to
>create cool, high-quality games � that includes Dawn of War. If (to
>take an extreme example) we were to allow people to create a mod that
>had players fighting against super-intelligent giant badgers with
>their Space Marines it could (hard as it is to believe) lead some
>people to think that super-intelligent giant badgers are a normal
>feature of the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Sounds pretty harmless, but
>if each mod introduced one or two subtly different elements (some
>silly, some not), very quickly it can become really hard to tell what
>belongs in the 'real' Warhammer 40,000 universe. So, if your mod
>contains *any* elements from the Warhammer 40,000 universe, it must
>contain *only* elements from that universe. If you want to use the
>mod tools to create a game set in an entirely different setting, go
>for it. An all-badger no-Warhammer 40,000 mod would be fine by
>us...if badgers are your thing.
>
>The other factor that people occasionally find hard to understand is
>why we need you to display a disclaimer (look for the 'Example
>Disclaimers' link on the left side of the IP Policy page). The
>disclaimers are also there to protect Games Workshop's ownership of
>the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Ideas, settings, and characters are
>all very valuable things and Games Workshop needs to always make sure
>that there can be no doubt about who owns the rights to everything
>contained in our gaming worlds. By using the appropriate disclaimers
>you are helping us to ensure that no one gets confused about who owns
>the concept and depiction of Space Marines, Eldar, and everything
>else from the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
>
>The last thing we ask is that if you become aware of a mod, website,
>or other project that isn't following our policy, please let us know
>by emailing Legal_at_.... We'll get in touch and make
>sure they read the policy and follow it too.
>
>Thanks for your help. Now go make some great mods!
>
>Erik Mogensen, Licensing Manager
>-----
>
>Ah ah ah, I'm happy to see that with the new Year nothing is changed
>in the good old GW world ;)
>
>
>
Received on Sat Jan 15 2005 - 09:28:44 UTC