# Westwild Fan Content Policy

Westwild's setting, lore, characters and the Gazette are copyright Anthony "Othello" Merriweather, all rights reserved. This policy is a standing permission on top of that. It does not make the lore open source or Creative Commons.

## You may, free, and you may sell it
Write your own original stories, web novels and serials set in the world of Westwild, and publish, distribute and sell them.

**Free, no fee, no royalty, no permission needed.** The author takes no cut of what you earn and will not ask for one. The price is credit (condition 1). More people publishing in the world is welcome.

## On these conditions
1. **Credit is required.** Include: "Set in the world of Westwild by Anthony 'Othello' Merriweather. This work is unofficial fan content and is not canon."
2. **Not canon.** Your story is your own version of the world in text form, and is never part of the official Westwild canon. Only the author's own works are canon.
3. **No ownership of the world.** You own your original words, plot and your own new characters. You do not own Westwild, its places, factions, characters, history or rules, and you may not register or claim them.
4. **Do not change the world.** Do not contradict, retcon or rewrite the established lore and present that as how Westwild is. Stories happen inside the world as it is written.
5. **No wholesale copying.** Do not republish or paste the lore documents, rules text, maps or art. Refer to them and write your own text.
6. **No endorsement.** Do not suggest the author wrote, approved or endorses your work. Do not use the Westwild name as your product's title brand.
7. **The author may withdraw this permission for future works** with written notice. Works already published under it stay allowed.

## What this does not cover (ask first)
Games, game modules or adventures, apps, merchandise, audio or video adaptations, or anything using the rules text or code commercially. Email support@wordblocklabs.com.

## Also
- Audio and video adaptations of fan stories, and AI-written fan stories, are not covered. Ask first.
- Game modules and adventures are not covered. Ask first.

*Written by the author's assistant, not a lawyer. Because it permits selling, have a lawyer read it before it goes up.*