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Dominion Rules Licence
Version 1.1
This text is Copyright © 2000 Dominion Games. All rights reserved. No permission is granted to reprint or redistribute this text in any media without the prior written consent of Dominion Games.
Dominion Rules Licence v. 1.1
The following Licence governs the copying, modifying, and distributing of Dominion Rules. Please read the Licence in full before downloading or reading Dominion Rules. By copying, modifying, and/or distributing Dominion Rules, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this Licence.
1. Application. This Licence applies to Dominion Rules. It does not extend to any other products or works of Dominion Games.
2. Definitions. In this Licence:
"Copyright Notice" means any copyright notice applying to Dominion Rules, Modifications, and/or Larger Works.
"Compatible Work" means a work which is not Dominion Rules or a Modification but which refers to, is compatible with, and/or depends upon Dominion Rules and/or Modifications.
"Distribute" and "Distributing" mean to distribute by any media and in any form, whether gratis or for a fee.
"Dominion Rules" means the Dominion Rules roleplaying system, as expressed in the text of Dominion Rules and any intrinsically related tables, diagrams and accompanying materials, but excluding artwork or illustrations not intrinsically related to Dominion Rules. Dominion Rules includes portions thereof.
"Larger Work" means a work which combines Dominion Rules and/or Modifications with other works which are not Compatible Works.
"Modifications" means any addition to, deletion from, correction of, translation of, and/or other change to, the substance and/or structure of Dominion Rules.
"Section" includes all Subsections.
"The Dominion Games Notice" means the following notice:
"This material contains Dominion Rules, the fantasy roleplaying system created by Dominion Games. You may not copy, modify, and/or distribute this material except in compliance with the Dominion Rules Licence. To learn more, visit the Dominion Games web site at http://www.dominiongames.com."
"You" or "Your" means an individual or a legal entity exercising rights under this Licence.
"Your Modifications" are Modifications created by You.
3. Offer and Acceptance. By copying, modifying, and/or Distributing Dominion Rules and/or Modifications, whether electronically, by any other media, or by any other means, or by Distributing a Compatible Work, You accept this Licence in full.
4. Consideration. In consideration for agreeing to use this Licence, Dominion Games grants you the licences described in Section 5 in respect of Dominion Rules and Modifications, and the licences described in Section 6 in respect of Larger and Compatible Works.
5. Dominion Rules and Modifications.
5.1. Permitted Uses; Conditions & Restrictions. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, Dominion Games hereby grants You, effective on the date You accept this Licence, a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive Licence to do as follows:
5.2. Distributing Without Your Modifications. You may copy and Distribute Dominion Rules and/or Modifications, without Your Modifications, provided that You must in every instance retain and prominently reproduce in all copies the Dominion Games Notice, the Copyright Notice, and this Licence.
5.3. Distributing Your Modifications. You may copy and Distribute Your Modifications, with or without Dominion Rules and/or Modifications, provided that You must in each instance:
(a) fulfil the requirements of Subsection 5.2;
(b) make all Your Modifications publicly available in electronic form on a web site under the terms of this Licence;
(c) continue to make Your Modifications publicly available as described in Subsection 5.3(b) for as long as you Distribute them;
(d) update the Copyright Notice to include the title of Your Modification, the copyright date and the copyright holder's name.
5.4. Representation. By copying and Distributing Your Modifications, You represent that Your Modifications are Your original creation(s) and/or that You have sufficient rights to Your Modifications to make the grants described in this Licence.
5.5. Your Grants. You hereby grant to Dominion Games and all third parties a non-exclusive, world-wide, royalty-free Licence, under intellectual property rights owned or controlled by You, to copy, modify, and Distribute Your Modifications of the same scope and extent as the licence granted by Dominion Games under this Section.
6. Larger and Compatible Works.
6.1. Larger Works. You may create and Distribute Larger Works. Larger Works are governed by all the terms of this Licence.
6.2. Compatible Works. You may create and Distribute Compatible Works. Compatible Works are governed by all the terms of this Licence except Section 5.
6.3. Compatible Works Notice. Compatible Works must prominently bear the following notice or a reasonable substitute: "This product is compatible with the Dominion Rules fantasy roleplaying system, available online at http://www.dominiongames.com".
6.4. Representation. By Distributing Larger Works and/or Compatible Works, You represent that these works are Your original creation(s) and/or that You have sufficient rights to these works to make the grants described in this Licence.
7. Versions of the Licence. Dominion Games may publish revised and/or new versions of this Licence from time to time. Each version will be given a distinguishing version number. Once Dominion Rules has been published under a particular version of this Licence, You may continue to use it under the terms of that version or You may choose to use Dominion Rules under the terms of any subsequent version of this Licence published by Dominion Games. No one other than Dominion Games has the right to modify the terms of this Licence.
8. NO WARRANTY. You expressly acknowledge and agree that use of Dominion Rules is at Your sole and entire risk. Dominion Rules is provided "as is" and without warranty of any kind. Dominion Games expressly disclaims all warranties and/or conditions, express or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties and/or conditions of merchantability or satisfactory quality and fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement of third party rights. No oral or written information or advice given by Dominion Games shall create a warranty.
9. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. Under no circumstances shall Dominion Games be liable for any incidental, special, indirect or consequential damages arising out of or relating to this Licence or Your use of Dominion Rules, whether under a theory of contract, warranty, tort (including negligence), products liability or otherwise. In no event shall Dominion Games' total liability to You for all damages under this Licence exceed the amount of ten Canadian dollars ($10.00).
10. Trademarks.
10.1. "Dominion Rules". "Dominion Rules" is a trademark of Dominion Games. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Licence, Dominion Games hereby grants You, effective on the date You accept this Licence, a world-wide, royalty-free, non-exclusive Licence to use the trademark "Dominion Rules" for the sole purposes of copying and Distributing Dominion Rules and/or Modifications as described in Section 5, and creating and Distributing Larger and Compatible Works as described in Section 6.
10.2. Our Other Marks. This Licence does not grant You any rights to use the trademark or trade name "Dominion Games" or any other trademarks or trade names belonging to Dominion Games ("Our Other Marks") except as provided for in Subsection 10.1. A list of Our Other Marks may be found on the Dominion Games web site: http://www.dominiongames.com.
11. Termination.
11.1. General. This Licence and the rights granted herein will terminate automatically without notice from Dominion Games if You fail to comply with any term(s) of this Licence and fail to cure such breach within 30 days of being notified of such breach by Dominion Games.
11.2. Compatible Works. Where Dominion Games determines that a purportedly Compatible Work is in fact Dominion Rules, a Modification and/or a Larger Work, this constitutes a breach of this Licence. Dominion Games may terminate this Licence and the rights granted herein if You fail to cure such breach within 30 days of being notified of such breach by Dominion Games.
11.3. Compatible Works Notice. Where Dominion Games determines that a Compatible Work does not comply with subsection 6.3 of this Licence, this constitutes a breach of this Licence. Dominion Games may terminate this Licence and the rights granted herein if You fail to cure such breach within 30 days of being notified of such breach by Dominion Games.
11.4. Effect of Termination on You. Upon termination, You agree to immediately stop any further copying, modifying, and/or Distributing of Dominion Rules, Modifications, Larger Works and/or Compatible Works. Neither party will be liable to the other for compensation, indemnity or damages of any sort solely as a result of terminating this Licence in accordance with its terms, and termination of this Licence will be without prejudice to any other right or remedy of either party.
11.5. Effect of Termination on Others. Termination of Your Licence by Dominion Games shall not be effective to terminate the Licence of anyone else enjoying rights under this Licence.
12. Miscellaneous.
12.1 Relationship of Parties. This Licence will not be construed as creating an agency, partnership, joint venture or any other form of legal association between You and Dominion Games, and You will not represent to the contrary, whether expressly, by implication, appearance or otherwise.
12.2 Independent Development. Nothing in this Licence will impair Dominion Games' right to acquire, licence, develop, market and/or Distribute products that perform the same or similar functions as, or otherwise compete with, Modifications, Larger Works, Compatible Works or products that You may develop, produce, market or Distribute.
12.3 Waiver; Construction. Failure by Dominion Games to enforce any provision of this Licence will not be deemed a waiver of future enforcement of that or any other provision. Any law, regulation, or rule of interpretation which provides that the language of a contract shall be construed against the drafter will not apply to this Licence.
12.4 Entire Agreement. This Licence constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.
12.5 Quebec. Where You are located in the Province of Quebec, Canada, the following clause applies: The parties hereby confirm that they have requested that this Licence and all related documents be drafted in English. Les parties ont exigé que le présent contrat et tous les documents connexes soient rédigés en anglais. |