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I'm curious about something in the license, "no derivative works". How does this relate to fan fiction? I'm pretty sure using characters by name is verboten. Bu

by geuis 11y ago

I'm curious about something in the license, "no derivative works". How does this relate to fan fiction? I'm pretty sure using characters by name is verboten. But what if my fan fic is in the same universe with different characters, but responds or references main events?

icebraining 11y ago
Well, since the license specifically prohibits derivative works, the question that remains is whether fan fiction is a derivative; it's a gray area: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_fan_fiction#United_States_copyright_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_fan_fiction#...
fijal 11y ago
Charles Stross has a writeup on fan fiction on how he perceives it: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/faq-fanfic.html http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2010/05/faq-fanf... I suggest you go with his definition :-)
jsingleton 11y ago
I would assume he would be pretty relaxed about that as Bob Howard is pretty much based on the BOFH.
- mrbill 11y ago
  Bob's initials are even B.O.F.H.
  - fit2rule 11y ago
    There can't be enough BOFH's in the universe, that is for sure, since they rule the universe after all ..
pervycreeper 11y ago
Presumably, whatever would be permitted under "fair use" in a standard copyrighted work can't be forbidden by using CC.