Community or Commercial License needed for website being developed?

[Azulflame]

I am a software developer, making a website for helping with sorting and tracking crafting requests between players in my campaigns, and in discord westmarches. All games that this interacts with would be through Discord. To do so, I am looking at hosting a copy of Pathfinder 2nd edition items (and possibly spells) in a database to make items selectable, filterable, and reviewable before making a crafting request. The selection process would be similar to a character builder selecting items.

I plan on using Discord as a login method for people receiving requests, and possibly alternate methods for people to make requests.

With that context, my questions:

What license will I need to be able to host this information (items and spells)?

I plan on the API only being accessible from my website, and not other sources. Is this permissible? Is this preferred?

If I add integration through a Discord bot, will I need to use a different license?

Where would I be allowed to gather this information from?

Would there be a problem with having (clearly marked) homebrew content mixed in with official items?

This would likely be built as a service that would allow some minor customization for a westmarch server if they found it useful. Would I be prohibited in asking for money in exchange of graphical customization of part of the website under either license?

[Arutema]

Free, or ad/donation supported websites can use the Community use Policy just fine.

If you're charging for any part, you'd have to use the compatibility license instead. (But I am not a lawyer, just a fellow fansite dev.)

Your best option may be free with a kofi/patreon "tip jar".

[Mark Moreland]

Arutema has is mostly right.

All of our mechanics are available under the ORC (or OGL for older material) and can be used according to the terms of those licenses without the need for any other license.

If you want to use the Pathfinder or Starfinder trademarks in a commercial project (something you're selling), you need to use the Compatibility License. This does not grant you access to the rules (that's the above ORC/OGL) nor our other non-rules IP (see below).

If you want to use content from Pathfinder or Starfinder that isn't covered by the above two licenses (proper nouns, some of our free art, specific events or concepts unique to our settings [the Gap, for example], AND your product is non-commercial (meaning you aren't charging money for it) then you can use the Community Use Policy in conjunction with the ORC/OGL to use the rules and more strictly protected IP together in your project.

If you have additional questions about how these interact with one another or which applies to you, I suggest reaching out to an attorney who can clarify it for your specific case. I am not a lawyer and the above does not constitute legal advice.

[Maya Coleman]

Thank you for helping out here, Mark!!