Forum:CT Archive/TOR Fansite agreement

BioWare has set up a fan site program for their upcoming game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. This includes a fan site kit (which is probably not all that interesting), but also an agreement with BioWare that basically allows them to acknowledge us on their website. Which means traffic, more contributors, etcetera.

Now here's the issue. The agreement (found HERE) has some interesting points. Essentially, we would have to add disclaimers on how we are not affiliated with BioWare or LucasArts and so on. Furthermore, all media supplied through the fan site program would have to be made exempt from CC-BY-SA (as far as I understand the text). We would have to make it very clear that the, uh, stuff in question is not freely distributable. What do you think? Is this kosher? A closer relationship to one of the bigger Star Wars products in the next couple of years sounds great to me, but the agreement we have to sign off on might not be compatible with the very nature of our site. Read through the agreement and have a think. --Imperialles 05:21, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

Sign the agreement

 * 1) Imperialles 05:21, February 20, 2010 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Stuff not being distributed freely has not stopped the Internet thus far. I'm gonna read through the agreement in more detail later tonight before I decide to take a ride on the awesome bandwagon, but it does seem rather enticing.  It looks, from the basics, to be a pretty good deal, though.  Might be a good idea to take the plunge, however, I'm from the school of not signing anything until I've read the fine print.   Trak Nar  Ramble on 05:26, February 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * The agreement is currently only viewable for registered members of the Tor site. As not everyone might have an account there, I copied the agreement to a subpage of mine.  Pranay Sobusk  ~  Talk  11:05, February 20, 2010 (UTC)