Transformative Works Policy

I'm handschuhmaus over on AO3.

Medium transformations:
In theory I am happy for you to podfic, translate, or fanbind my works if you feel so moved... however I'd feel odd about people doing that to my (unfortunately copious) unfinished works, so please ask if you are interested in doing one of those things to a work that is not marked complete and/or tagged "ok to podfic". If it says "ok to podfic" or is (um, correctly. I think there might be a few works that I need to fix) marked complete, go ahead. I should be happy to link these things on AO3 or in the remote likelihood you choose to fanbind something, potentially reblog pictures over on tumblr if you want to share them.

(Please do not insert soup ads¹ into a translation or ...post podfic/translations of my work in such a way that you may earn money off them/as an exclusive for eg patreon supporters, as I would rather neither of us got into potential legal trouble. I am willing to chance the risk from people who happen to have something like a ko-fi generally linked from their tumblr/site, as long as it isn't associated with fic commissions.)

Re fanbinding: Please do not use a commercial printing/binding service to produce a copy of my fic.(expand for details on copy shops/library printing)

I understand that you may need to go to a printing shop or library to print out the work, and if you also want to just e.g. use their comb-binding capabilities or something along those lines for a copy or two I don't care, but do not submit my works to a commercial service as if "self-published", or in a circumstance where they will retain the work "for future copies". (I do also understand, though I'd be surprised by the attention, if you need to contract another fannish handbinder to do the binding.)

As a clarifying example, printing my work at a local FedExOffice is okay; submitting my work to somewhere like thebookpatch.com is NOT. Basically, you or some particular person (or two) you can identify should be the one to convert printed pages into book form, and additional copies should not be available to random people; any and all funds exchanged are for services only.

You may share your typeset/print-ready versions of my fics with other people who may feel inclined to fanbind the work, should that happen, as long as attribution remains with the fic, and they also agree not to submit the work to a commercial binding service.

If you should want to create more than say 3 physical copies of my work, maybe let me know about it?

~Derivative works: remixes, sequels/prequels, fanart:
I don't really believe in restricting people from creating derivative works based on what are already derivative works. Unfortunately I can also be weirdly picky or perhaps even territorial about my artistic vision, so my policy here is: go forth and create if you are so moved; I will endeavor to be gracious about your inspired creations, but I cannot promise that I will recommend them etc. (This does not mean I discourage you from listing my work as inspiration--and if I do not react/respond to a related works request, in any case sometimes (maybe even frequently) I'm just bad at responding to things in a timely manner.)

¹This is a joke based on an issue Terry Pratchett had with the German Discworld publishers.