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I want to wirte a the story in to a novel.
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Computer programs (such as games) are considdered as literature, which means they undergo the same rights as far as the authorship and copyrights are concerned. So if you write a novel after the motives (ideas) of a computer- game or create an own game after an existing one, it might cause the same problems.
The legal term for what you would like to do is a "
rework", which is also prohibited! It's not easy to determine if a new peace of work is a rework or if it stands for his own, just using similar motives. If you were telling a story, allready subject to a computergame, this would be obviously a rework, no matter which perspective (e.g. hero in the game, some "unknown hero") you are using. Even if you were just telling a story which is only mentioned in somebody else's work or creating a "sequel" or a "spinoff" (to use some popular terms) it could be seen as a rework. The author could state, that he had just "forgotten" to detail that item, or that he left it undescribed for "artistic reasons".
Using freeware games does not minimize the danger, cause "
freeware" does not nescessary mean that you are allowed to rework the game. Even freeware programs mostly contain a licence agreement, which details the rights of the user.
Maybe the holder of the copyrights will grant you with the right to create a novel upon their work. One of the greatest science fiction series of the world (issued since 1961 without interuption!) has always issued story, written and submitted by fans. Due to the age of this series most of their original founders have allready deceased. Some of the recent authors had started their careers by handing a "fan- novel" to the redaction.
I also remember to read a "fan- novel" about the characters of Diablo entering the world of Diablo II, which was absolutely fun, especially when a dealer refused to buy several "
Stones of Jordan" (unique item) because he suspected them to be fakes, due to the fact that there could be only one "
Jordan".
