From: "Matthew K. McLaughlin" <mkm@umr.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 14:43:03 -0500
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Deck Plans Rights]

Hi, all!

A week or two back, I posted a question asking about posting deckplans
for ships previously published by GDW on the web.  Someone (sorry, I
forget who :-/ ) very sensibly suggested that I contact IG.  I emailed
IG and got a response from MM, which I post here with his permission.

My request:
> Subject: Deckplan Copyrights
> Date: Fri, 06 Sep 1996 09:54:50 -0500
> From: "Matthew K. McLaughlin" <mkm@umr.edu>
> Organization: University of Missouri-Rolla
> To: ImperiumGames@ImperiumGames.com
> 
> Is it possible to get permission to post deckplans based on those from
> GDW publications (such as CT Supplements and Adventures) on my web page?
> 
> Full recognition will of course be given.
> 
> Thanks,
>         Matt McL

CardSharks@aol.com wrote:
> If you use a deck plan (scanned from a book or whatever), you should
> acknowledge the source of the plan, the copyright, and the trademark,
> something like this:
> 
> Type S Scout originally appeared in Traders & Gunboats, GDW, 198X. Some of
> the materials on this page are copyright 198X-1996 Far Future Enterprises.
> Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises.
> 
> The purpose is to protect the property (so no one can later come back and say
> that FFE acknowledged it was in the public domain because we did not pursue
> those who didn't acknowledge the copyright, trademark, etc).
> 
> I would think that putting a deck plan in a web page comes under "Fair Use."
> As opposed to selling things, or copying rules verbatim and handing them out
> free.
> 
> Marc Miller