John Nephew

Hey, so the text of Ars Magica 5th Edition core rulebook is now officially licensed under the CC-BY-SA 4.0, as far as we at Atlas Games are concerned, thanks to the generosity of Ars Magica fans supporting the new Definitive Edition crowdfunding campaign.

When we distribute the entire text of the Definitive Edition to backers from the first 48 hours (which will happen later this week), it will include the Creative Commons notice/info!

https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/atlas-games/ars-magica-5th-edition-definitive/updates/11811#top

Ars Magica Definitive Edition Project Update: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Ars Magica Open License FUNDED

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Proctor, MN – 10/15/24 – The myth and magic of Ars Magica is now FREE! Atlas Games®, publisher of the legendary Ars Magica™ roleplaying game, is thrilled ...

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Oct 15, 2024 at 6:30pmWeb
Show threadJohn NephewOct 19, 2024

Third party Ars Magica material under CC-BY-SA license is available for sale already!

Mythic Venice on itch.io: https://timothy-ferguson.itch.io/mythic-venice

Here's one on DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/499334/a-malady-of-madness

Mythic Venice by Timothy Ferguson

An Ars Magica supplement for the Serene Republic

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Show threadArneBabOct 22, 2024

@Johnnephew That’s awesome! Do you take donations as a big „Thank you!“ ?

(asking, because I can’t donate send money via backerkit: no credit card — as is quite common in the EU)

Show threadJohn NephewOct 22, 2024
@ArneBab We don't have a specific way to take donations, but thanks! If you spread the word about our campaign that is a big help.
Show threadArneBabOct 22, 2024

@Johnnephew already done so here ☺

Going to cc by-sa is awesome! It’s how RPGs should be (because there’s so much creativity within gaming groups that can flow free and combine with other groups when using free and copyleft licensing).

Show threadLucyinchatOct 22, 2024
@ArneBab @Johnnephew they do have a means of getting people physical and digital copies for a fee, so if you wanna give them money buy the $20 (this is rounded up) digital copy for someone.
Show threadArneBabOct 23, 2024

@anoraktrend once the cc by-sa versions are their default sold ones, I will.

@Johnnephew

Show threadJohn NephewOct 24, 2024

@ArneBab @anoraktrend We're not releasing separate CC BY-SA versions of things -- we're just declaring the text (not layout or artwork) as licensed.

The Definitive Edition manuscript is a little different because we were distributing only the raw text to all the backers in the first 48 hours. So those files are entirely CC BY-SA and can be freely copied, shared, and remixed/modified/adapted according to the BY-SA license.

Show threadJohn NephewOct 24, 2024

@ArneBab @anoraktrend

A list of what is licensed now can be found at https://atlas-games.com/arsmagica/openars

Current screen shot of the list in the right column:

Ars Magica Open License

Atlas Games
Show threadArneBabOct 24, 2024

@Johnnephew that clears it up — thank you!

So I can just buy the already released books as they are available and know that the text is cc by-sa.

❤️
@anoraktrend