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initial README and license info
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2025-04-03 23:28:01 -05:00

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CYPHER SYSTEM OPEN LICENSE
This license (the “Agreement”) is an agreement between a publisher or author
(“You”) and Monte Cook Games, LLC (“MCG”), that grants You a perpetual,
non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license to publish and distribute
tabletop roleplaying game materials (the “Work”) based on and incorporating the
Cypher System Reference Document (“CSRD”) and declaring compatibility with the
Cypher System. By including the words “Compatible with the Cypher System” on
the cover of the Work, or by including the “Compatible with the Cypher System”
logo on the cover of the work, or by including these items on or in any
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Work, You indicate Your acceptance of the terms of this Agreement.
The Work may include any or all text included in the CSRD. It may not include
text, art, or other content from other MCG publications. MCG may publish
updated versions of the CSRD. You may use any authorized version of the CSRD in
the Work.
The Work must include the phrase “Compatible with the Cypher System” or the
“Compatible with the Cypher System” logo on the cover of the Work. And it must
include within the Work, wherever the Work otherwise lists legal and copyright
information, the following text:
This product is an independent production and is not affiliated with
Monte Cook Games, LLC. It is published under the Cypher System Open
License, found at http://csol.montecookgames.com.
CYPHER SYSTEM and its logo are trademarks of Monte Cook Games, LLC in
the U.S.A. and other countries. All Monte Cook Games characters and
character names, and the distinctive likenesses thereof, are trademarks
of Monte Cook Games, LLC.
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any other trademark of MCG, except the “Compatible with the Cypher System”
logo.
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END OF AGREEMENT