Board Thread:Inclusion debates/@comment-1432718-20200505204802/@comment-45692830-20200708234001

DiSoRiEnTeD1 wrote: a story is not just licensed because it appeared on an official site.

otherwise all of the stories made on comic maker would be official...

No, then all of these stories would be licensed (rule 2 of T:VALID). Licensing is a legal issue related to whether or not the BBC has granted you permission to use certain characters/concepts. They explicitly give you assets related to those characters/concepts and encourage you to use them to make stories, there was an implied license if not an explicit one (we can no longer tell, as the comic maker no longer exists) granting permission to use these things in a limited capacity.

Something being "officially released" is rule 3 of T:VALID, a completely separate issue.