On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Keith Henson wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 12:00 PM, trent shipley
> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Keith Henson wrote:
>
>>> Does Imaginaria stretch far enough to encompass Tom Clancy type novels?
>>
>> I haven't read any Tom Clancy so I don't have a bias to share on this
>> point. I think some of his novels may be science fiction enough to
>> qualify while others require suspension of disbelief but don't really
>> have the rupture with mundane reality that imaginaria requires.
>
> Debt of Honor (1994) foretold 9/11. So as predictive SF it certainly
> made the cut.
>
>>> Any objection to using the space to actually write short stories or
>>> novels? ?I.e., put up stuff you are not trying to sell and have no
>>> intention of selling where people could edit the work.
>>
>> No fiction. The intellectual property lawyers hate fan fiction.
>> Trivia good. Fiction bad.
>
> It's your wiki, you set the rules about what you want there.
>
> However, I don't see any reason for IP lawyers to get involved in (non
> derivative) fiction put up under a CC type license. Perhaps you could
> explain?
>
> Keith
I want the wiki to be a place to document and critique imaginaria.
Posting fiction removes the underlying theme of non-fiction writing
about imaginaria. Including new fiction invites not just fictional
narrative but world building. Including fiction creates the problem
of proving the fiction is original. Perhaps most important including
original fiction means that I have to spend even more time fighting
fan fiction.
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