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CYPHER SYSTEM OPEN LICENSE
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This license (the “Agreement”) is an agreement between a publisher or author
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(“You”) and Monte Cook Games, LLC (“MCG”), that grants You a perpetual,
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non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to publish and distribute
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tabletop roleplaying game materials (the “Work”) based on and incorporating the
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Cypher System Reference Document (“CSRD”) and declaring compatibility with the
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Cypher System. By including the words “Compatible with the Cypher System” on
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the cover of the Work, or by including the “Compatible with the Cypher System”
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logo on the cover of the work, or by including these items on or in any
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advertising, promotions, press releases, or other documents affiliated with the
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Work, You indicate Your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
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The Work may include any or all text included in the CSRD. It may not include
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text, art, or other content from other MCG publications. MCG may publish
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updated versions of the CSRD. You may use any authorized version of the CSRD in
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the Work.
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The Work must include the phrase “Compatible with the Cypher System” or the
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“Compatible with the Cypher System” logo on the cover of the Work. And it must
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include within the Work, wherever the Work otherwise lists legal and copyright
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information, the following text:
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This product is an independent production and is not affiliated with
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Monte Cook Games, LLC. It is published under the Cypher System Open
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License, found at http://csol.montecookgames.com.
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CYPHER SYSTEM and its logo are trademarks of Monte Cook Games, LLC in
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the U.S.A. and other countries. All Monte Cook Games characters and
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character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are trademarks
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of Monte Cook Games, LLC.
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The Work may not use or incorporate the Cypher System logo, the MCG logo, or
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any other trademark of MCG, except the “Compatible with the Cypher System”
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logo.
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You may use any authorized version of the “Compatible with the Cypher System”
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logo. You may not crop or alter the logo in any way, except to resize it
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proportionally.
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You may not market or advertise the Work using the name of any contributor
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unless You have written permission from the contributor to do so.
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Other than to acknowledge that the Work is produced and distributed under this
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Agreement, neither the Work nor any advertising, promotions, press releases, or
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other documents affiliated with the Work may contain any claim that You or the
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Work has been sanctioned or approved by MCG, or is affiliated with MCG in any
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way.
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Neither the Work nor any advertising, promotions, press releases, or other
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documents affiliated with the Work may contain racist, homophobic,
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discriminatory, or other repugnant views; overt political agendas or views;
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depictions or descriptions of criminal violence against children; rape or other
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acts of criminal perversion; or other obscene material.
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The Work may not infringe, wrongfully use, or misappropriate the intellectual
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property rights of any third party. You hereby indemnify MCG and undertake to
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defend MCG against and hold MCG harmless from any claims, suits, loss, and
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damages arising out of alleged infringement, wrongful use, or misappropriation
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of any third party’s intellectual property by the Work. The indemnification
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obligations shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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MCG takes no responsibility for the Work. You agree to hold MCG and its
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officers, partners, and employees harmless in the event that Your publication
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of the Work results in legal action.
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The CSRD, the “Compatible with the Cypher System” logo, the Cypher System logo,
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the MCG logo, and all other trademarks of MCG belong solely and exclusively to
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MCG.
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If You breach any of the terms of this Agreement, it results in automatic
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termination of the Agreement. Unless the breach is cured to MCG’s sole
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satisfaction and such cure is documented by a written agreement between You and
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MCG within 15 days of breach, You must immediately recall and destroy all
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existing copies of the Work. You may additionally be subject to damages as a
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result of breach.
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This Agreement shall be construed and governed by the laws of the State of
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Washington and the laws of the United States. With regard to any disputes
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arising under this Agreement, the parties hereby submit to the jurisdiction of
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the courts of the State of Washington and the United States.
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END OF AGREEMENT
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