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<span class="DROPCAP">S</span>tarting on November 15th, 2006, any and all characters submitted and approved to Layonara's server are eligible to become a permanent part of Layonara's unique history and lore. Not all characters will become part of lore; only solid RP, good play, good community standing, etc, will lead toward potential inclusion in the lore, and none of the above is a guarantee your character will be included. A character or other player-created content will be included only when a player is approached by Layonara staff with such an offer. Furthermore, to accept the offer the player would then have to approve the request in writing and agree to let their character become a part of Layonara's copyrighted and trademarked lore and history. At that point the character would belong to the copyrighted material of Layonara and the owner of the Layonara Intellectual Property. | <span class="DROPCAP">S</span>tarting on November 15th, 2006, any and all characters submitted and approved to [[Layonara]]'s server are eligible to become a permanent part of Layonara's unique history and lore. Not all characters will become part of lore; only solid RP, good play, good community standing, etc, will lead toward potential inclusion in the lore, and none of the above is a guarantee your character will be included. A character or other player-created content will be included only when a player is approached by Layonara staff with such an offer. Furthermore, to accept the offer the player would then have to approve the request in writing and agree to let their character become a part of Layonara's copyrighted and trademarked lore and history. At that point the character would belong to the copyrighted material of Layonara and the owner of the Layonara Intellectual Property. | ||
Many players may wonder what exactly that means, or have some concerns or questions about the copyright. First of all, let me assure you that having your character included in formal lore is <span class="UNDERSCORE"><span class="BOLD">NOT a requirement</span></span>. We are absolutely not interested in appropriating any of the intellectual property or creative content of our player-base. As such, if an offer for inclusion is extended, it is entirely up to the player/author whether or not he or she chooses to accept it. However, Layonara's formal lore and history as it will be represented in the handbooks (and other associated texts) has its own unique copyright, and as such we cannot include any creative content in these works that is not part of that copyright. Content, including characters, written by community members will be included ONLY if the author agrees to this and signs the rights of the character/written content over to Layonara. In other words, inclusion in lore is not a requirement for anyone, but signing the rights to the content over to Layonara is mandatory for that content to be included in any of the trademarked and copyrighted works. | Many players may wonder what exactly that means, or have some concerns or questions about the copyright. First of all, let me assure you that having your character included in formal lore is <span class="UNDERSCORE"><span class="BOLD">NOT a requirement</span></span>. We are absolutely not interested in appropriating any of the intellectual property or creative content of our player-base. As such, if an offer for inclusion is extended, it is entirely up to the player/author whether or not he or she chooses to accept it. However, Layonara's formal lore and history as it will be represented in the handbooks (and other associated texts) has its own unique copyright, and as such we cannot include any creative content in these works that is not part of that copyright. Content, including characters, written by community members will be included ONLY if the author agrees to this and signs the rights of the character/written content over to Layonara. In other words, inclusion in lore is not a requirement for anyone, but signing the rights to the content over to Layonara is mandatory for that content to be included in any of the trademarked and copyrighted works. | ||