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Originally Posted by JLV
That seems like a worthwhile project to me; certainly I'd pay money to acquire it. It IS a pity about the Hymenopterans though. Still, perhaps Steve has his own ideas; and of note, he acquired the copyright to ITL in its entirety, and the Hymenopterans DO appear as part of that game (with stats completely different from what were used in Chitin I, for obvious reasons), so, perhaps arguably, they are really his own invention after all. Besides, if HT elected to sue over the concept, it would be relatively easy to prove that HIS original inspiration came from Jack Vance's story The Dragon Masters...
In short, Steve could be safe, even if he doesn't change a thing.
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I think because it is in the original ITL, he has no worries at all. And for example he could create Hippogriffs (if he didn't already don't have my rules in front of me) and JK Rowling or whoever originally thought them up could not sue as he would have converted the stats just like D and D did or T &T did or Chaosium did.