Roger Sanger's (DGP's) Copyright Policies - 1 Nov 1996

Last Updated 14 April 2002.

Roger's Official Permission to Marc Miller

Date: Friday 1 Nov 1996

Dear Stuart and TML'ers,

I wrote a detailed letter about DGP's copyright policies on TML awhile back (with which Marc Miller concurred), but there still seems to be some lingering confusion concerning the matter in public Traveller discussions, so I'll clarify the situation again. I think you are going to love this:

MARC MILLER HAS DGP'S PERMISSION to use background data (UWP lists, planet names, sector maps, etc.) from DGP's Traveller works in any way that he sees fit in printed Traveller 4 publications!

In addition, Marc Miller has been given a free hand to dip into DGP's Traveller archives for inspiration in developing background material for his new incarnation of the Traveller role-playing game. This way, he can keep Traveller 4 consistent with what has come before!!!

The races (the Geonee, the Brinn, etc.), the places (Vland, Shudusham, Capital), and the things (robots, equipment, etc.) which you loved from DGP's works still exist in the overall Traveller milieu. I don't believe Marc has any intention of changing this (he's DGP's number one fan!).

Traveller has been around a long time, and it would be a shame to invalidate the thousands of pages that have been written for the milieu. Marc knows what he's doing, and he knows what you love. A lot of what has come before will not exist in Milieu Zero, but the future has not been erased. ;)

And the best years are yet to come.

Sincerely,

Roger Sanger,
Digest Group Publications

[originally appeared on the Traveller Mailing List, digest #641, Friday 1 Nov 1996]


Comments from others

Date: Fri, 01 Nov 1996 18:38:02 +0000
From: Amused to Death
Subject: Re: Stuart: DGP COPYRIGHTS
Digest: #642

Roger Sanger wrote:
> MARC MILLER HAS DGP'S PERMISSION to use background data (UWP
> lists, planet names, sector maps, etc.) from DGP's Traveller
> works in any way that he sees fit in printed Traveller 4 publications!
If he does, I will be very impressed.

And, although one person does not count, IG may very well regain a longtime Traveller fan or two.


Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 18:04:02 +0000
From: "Kenneth Bearden"
Subject: Re: Stuart: DGP COPYRIGHTS
Digest: #642

On 1 Nov 96 at 11:54, Roger Sanger wrote:

> I wrote a detailed letter about DGP's copyright policies on TML
> awhile back (with which Marc Miller concurred), ...
[etc]

This is incredible news. I knew that all those people who said that DGP's stuff wasn't cannon anymore must have either received bad information or misinterpreted something. Many of my fears about T4 have just been put to rest.

Thanks, Roger, for your post.

Kenneth.


Date: Fri, 1 Nov 1996 19:51:23 -0800 (PST)
From: "John R. Snead"
Subject: DGP Info (Comments to IG and the list)
Digest: #643

I'm *very* pleased by Roger Sanger's announcement about DGP's copyright policy. Books like Vilani and Vargr and Solomani and Aslan are some of the finest Traveller books ever. I sincerely hope that the folks at IG take Roger up on his offer and make sure that current cannon agrees with both older GDW *and* DGP information.

If IG builds on existing data, rather than replacing with with their own info the Traveller universe is enriched, fans who own the early info are happy (and don't have to worry about reconciling DGP and T4 info), and everyone wins.

I hope Marc Miller and everyone else at IG works on a philosophy of compatibility and synthesis. I'm getting more hopeful about IG already.

- -John Snead jsnead@netcom.com


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