Absolutely not. I was astounded recently to see this site advertising a MUD that seems to take place in the Dragonlance world. I'm quite sure that Infogrames, who controls the Dragonlance license for computer games, has not given them permission to use the Dragonlance IP.
Whether or not the person stealing the IP makes money off it is entirely irrelevant in the eyes of the law. Just as this site does, I believe, ban people who are breaking the licenses that come with DIKU and whatnot, it should take a stand and ban people who steal the IP of others.
--matt
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