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Message no. 1
From: Jeremie Bouillon bouillon@****.dotcom.fr
Subject: ISIS (was Meta Index)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 10:12:13 +0200
Le 17:42 23/06/00 -0400, Wordman a écrit:
>A question for you all: I believe that, even if FASA does not give an
>official go ahead, it is still legal to create such an index. Does anyone
>know the law on this? Does an index count as "fair use"? Naturally, I'd much
>rather do it with FASA's permission.

I think it's a fair use, but I am not an expert.

And that will be very useful.

2 things that could be interesting in databse design :

- the possibility of entering semi canonic (i.e novel) facts
- the possibility of entering non Fasa local canonic (like Shadowrun France
or Deutschland in den Schatten) facts

Of course, both with the indication of canon level.

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Message no. 2
From: Barbie LeVile barbie@********.de
Subject: ISIS (was Meta Index)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 10:50:37 +0200
Jeremie Bouillon wrote:
>
> - the possibility of entering semi canonic (i.e novel) facts
> - the possibility of entering non Fasa local canonic (like Shadowrun France
> or Deutschland in den Schatten) facts
>
> Of course, both with the indication of canon level.

hmm, as written in the book, DidS is canon.
the editorial says so.
The english translations points to the german book in case of uncertinities,
which makes it in my eyes as canon as the FASA books.

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Message no. 3
From: Jeremie Bouillon bouillon@****.dotcom.fr
Subject: ISIS (was Meta Index)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 11:00:29 +0200
Le 10:50 24/06/00 +0200, Barbie LeVile a écrit:
>hmm, as written in the book, DidS is canon.
>the editorial says so.

And Shadowrun France is not. Sorry I did not know about the german one.

>The english translations points to the german book in case of uncertinities,
>which makes it in my eyes as canon as the FASA books.

I am not talking about localisation (translation) of FASA books, but
published original local books.


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Message no. 4
From: NeoJudas neojudas@******************.com
Subject: ISIS (was Meta Index)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 04:09:19 -0500
From: "Barbie LeVile" <barbie@********.de>
Subject: Re: ISIS (was Meta Index)


> Jeremie Bouillon wrote:
> > - the possibility of entering semi canonic (i.e novel) facts
> > - the possibility of entering non Fasa local canonic (like Shadowrun
France
> > or Deutschland in den Schatten) facts
> >
> > Of course, both with the indication of canon level.
>
> hmm, as written in the book, DidS is canon.
> the editorial says so.
> The english translations points to the german book in case of
uncertinities,
> which makes it in my eyes as canon as the FASA books.

OH really??? That's interesting given that the english books we have here
do NOT mention any kind of cross-referencing. It might interest you to know
that FANPRO handles all the SR books for Germany and other European
countries (don't know if they handle England/Great Britain or not), and that
NOT everything in those books match (information wise) what is in the books
available here in the states (and I presume in Australia, given by the
conversations I've had with those on the Aussie side of the world ;-).

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Message no. 5
From: Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject: ISIS (was Meta Index)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 19:29:55 +0200
According to Barbie LeVile, at 10:50 on 24 Jun 00, the word on the street
was...

> hmm, as written in the book, DidS is canon.
> the editorial says so.
> The english translations points to the german book in case of uncertinities,
> which makes it in my eyes as canon as the FASA books.

The English version says that, in German-speaking countries, the German
version is the one that should be followed in case of contradictions.
That's not the same as saying the German version is canon, period.

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Message no. 6
From: Wordman wordman@*******.com
Subject: ISIS (was Meta Index)
Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 15:26:28 -0400
> - the possibility of entering semi canonic (i.e novel) facts
> - the possibility of entering non Fasa local canonic (like
> Shadowrun France
> or Deutschland in den Schatten) facts

The system I'm thinking of will take both of these into account.

Again, I don't want to say a whole lot about this right now, until I know
more about the legality issues.

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