Community or Commercial License needed for website being developed?


Community Use


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?

Grand Lodge

Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

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".

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