[Rq-rules] Re: Mongoose Runequest License

[Lev Lafayette]

Thanks for all these responses people. I suspected as
such - which all-in-all means that there won't be any
more RQ products for Third Age Glorantha.

Oh well, just as well there's a small mountain of fan
material, verdade?

All the best,


Lev

--- rjmeints at aol.com wrote:

> Lev,
>  
> Here are the important facts of the licensing
> agreements that Issaries
> has with Mongoose:
>  
> Mongoose has an exclusive license to the Runequest
> trademark.
> They have a non-exclusive license to use the
> Glorantha trademark.
> Issaries cannot grant you a license to use the
> Runequest trademark
> for anything, fan publications, etc. until the
> agreement with Mongoose
> terminates. Issaries can license someone to write a
> Gloranthan publication. 
> Issaries cannot license someone to write a Runequest
> Gloranthan publication 
> without Mongoose's permission, which Mongoose will
> not currently give.
>  
> Mongoose will allow people to use the Runequest
> Trademark via their
> OGL terms and such on their website. Several
> publishers have already
> taken advantage of this and published Runequest
> supplements and
> game worlds using the Runequest rules. Mongoose will
> NOT license other 
> people to write Runequest Gloranthan material. No
> exceptions.
> They specifically state this in their Runequest
> license terms on their website.
>  
> Regards,
> Rick Meints
>
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