A request for permission from Paizo

[sunmaster]

Hi,

I humbly request the permission of Paizo to build up a wiki for
Pathfinder RPG.

My development plan - to make my humble support of PFRPG - is:

- to make a so called self-hosted wikimedia installation
( to explain this a bit for the not technically versed people here:
Self-hosted means that you get one file - a zip archive - which you
unzip in some folder, where you then start a script which starts
all necessary programs - called services - to give you a "personal"
wikimedia - this is the "program" which powers Wikipedia )

- to bring all the data from the Alpha1 of PFRPG into this wiki

- to load up this wiki archive to a place where a person
can take and host-speak:run it on a netwide accessible web-server-
the wiki

1) Which data from the PFRPG can I put into this wiki if I am allowed to do so?
2) Which data from the PFRPG must not put into the wiki?

regards
sunmaster

[sunmaster]

The people in this thread just went along and created a wiki
http://paizo.com/paizo/messageboards/paizoPublishing/pathfinder/general/pat hfinderWiki

And I have the feeling that they didn't asked for permission.
If they don't need permission then I don't need permission for my
dreamed of game in Nethack style based on the rules of Pathfinder.

So, I want to ask again: Can we just copy and paste the contents of Pathfinder into a wiki? ( I am very sure that there is no permission
for something like that. My question is more like : What is permitted?)

I know what drives the guys and gals in the above linked thread:
A D&D Insider like site which you can access from all kinds of devices
(PCs/Laptops, mobile phones, consoles(I think they can access web-pages on the Internet)) and which helps you with all kind of managing your characters and rules and campaign-data.
And I am one of the many, many people who wants to implement something like that.

But there are rules and one of them is asking for permission. Or not?

[Joshua J. Frost]

sunmaster wrote:

So, I want to ask again: Can we just copy and paste the contents of Pathfinder into a wiki?

Absolutely not. The contents of every product Paizo produces are copyright Paizo. That said, our Technical Director is working with some of our fans to figure out what would be acceptable to be included in a wiki and what wouldn't be.

[sunmaster]

Joshua,

May I get knowledge of what the result of these discussion(s) will be?

Because it burns under my nails to also implement electronic versions
of Pathfinder - because I think that the future of pen&paper roleplaying games are in the virtual space -.

I have ideas such as:

Pathfinder electronic miniatures - for free use for everyone - (made with Blender and PovRay)
Pathfinder (open-source) mobile database(something like your rulebook in your mobile phone)
Pathfinder (open-source) Rogue-like (a geeky game for a geeky system)

and some more.

But I don't know yet, what would be permitted.

Thank you anyway, for your answer.

[Maugan22]

Pathfinder RPG (Beta) Wiki.

I've got about %25 of the Pathfinder RPG Beta rulebook up on my wiki That's chapters 1-6, Classes,Races,Skills, and Feats are pretty much complete. I'm looking for volunteers to help with the rest.

Feel free to use the site, and apply for site admin privaledges if you would like to help.

[crmanriq]

Maugan22 wrote:

Pathfinder RPG (Beta) Wiki.

I've got about %25 of the Pathfinder RPG Beta rulebook up on my wiki That's chapters 1-6, Classes,Races,Skills, and Feats are pretty much complete. I'm looking for volunteers to help with the rest.

Feel free to use the site, and apply for site admin privaledges if you would like to help.

or you can try PFOGC.COM Pathfinder Open Game Content. It's got all of the open game material from the beta up, and cross-links are getting filled in. Also has the web enhancement, prestige classes and new feats.