From aa075c96c76dae0ca6da99cf2569fd193385263f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ael Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2026 21:13:29 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify mixed asset licensing --- ASSET-LICENSES.md | 30 +++++ LICENSE | 55 ++++++++ LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt | 202 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 19 ++- tests/test_repository_licensing.py | 35 +++++ 5 files changed, 340 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 LICENSE create mode 100644 LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt create mode 100644 tests/test_repository_licensing.py diff --git a/ASSET-LICENSES.md b/ASSET-LICENSES.md index 0ee797a..b172efc 100644 --- a/ASSET-LICENSES.md +++ b/ASSET-LICENSES.md @@ -1,5 +1,35 @@ # Asset Licenses +This is the per-set license ledger for Warpkeep-Assets. Start with the root +[`LICENSE`](LICENSE) for the repository-wide map, then use the most specific +entry and provenance record here for the asset or release you want to reuse. + +## How to read the status labels + +| Status | What it means | +| --- | --- | +| **CC-BY-4.0** | An open-content grant for the expressly named material. Sharing and adaptation, including commercial use, require attribution, a license link, and an indication of changes. | +| **Public archive authorized; no separate open-license grant** | Warpkeep may preserve and publish the named deposit. The entry does not give the public a general right to redistribute, adapt, sublicense, or reuse it outside the recorded terms. | +| **Original or unresolved terms** | Third-party, externally governed, or uncertain-rights material keeps its own terms. Repository presence does not relicense it. | + +The main [Warpkeep software license](https://github.com/ael-dev3/Warpkeep/blob/main/LICENSE) +is Apache-2.0. That license also covers project-authored software in this +repository, as described by the root license map; it does **not** apply to 3D +models, images, audio, previews, release attachments, or other creative assets +by default. The main [licensing policy](https://github.com/ael-dev3/Warpkeep/blob/main/LICENSING.md) +uses CC BY 4.0 for authorized project-owned creative work beginning with +Warpkeep v0.3.0, but only an explicit per-set grant below makes a deposited +asset open content. Existing archive-only and externally governed boundaries +remain unchanged. + +## Openly licensed sets + +- **Stone-letter title set** — CC BY 4.0. +- **Hegemony Mark currency reference** — CC BY 4.0. + +All other entries retain the exact status stated in their section. This index +is a convenience, not a replacement for those scopes and attribution notes. + ## Stone-letter title set - **Set:** six unique W, A, R, P, K, and E source GLBs; optimized high/compact WARPKEEP assemblies; layouts; checksums; and supplied previews diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf14919 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Warpkeep Assets — licensing map + +Copyright 2026 Warpkeep contributors + +Warpkeep-Assets is a mixed-license repository. No single license covers every +file or release attachment, and public availability does not by itself grant +permission to reuse an asset. + +## Quick reference + +| Material | License or status | +| --- | --- | +| Project-authored repository software in `scripts/`, `tests/`, and `.github/`, plus project-authored root configuration | Apache License 2.0 | +| Project-authored prose in `README.md`, this file, and `ASSET-LICENSES.md` | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | +| Models, images, audio, video, previews, source packages, release attachments, manifests, provenance records, and reports | The exact per-set entry in `ASSET-LICENSES.md` and its dated provenance record | +| Third-party or externally governed material | Its original terms; no Warpkeep license is implied | +| Warpkeep names, logos, Hegemony identity, official domains, accounts, and canonical deployment identity | No trademark or endorsement rights granted | + +The Apache-2.0 license for repository software matches the active software +license in the main Warpkeep repository. Its complete text is in +`LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt`. + +CC BY 4.0 applies only where Warpkeep controls the relevant copyright and this +repository expressly identifies the material as CC-BY-4.0. It allows sharing +and adaptation, including commercially, with attribution, a license link, and +an indication of changes. Its complete text is in `LICENSES/CC-BY-4.0.txt`. + +An entry marked “public archival and repository/release distribution +authorized; no separate open-license grant asserted” is not CC BY 4.0 or +Apache-2.0. It records Warpkeep's authority to preserve and publish that named +deposit, but it does not grant the public a general right to redistribute, +adapt, sublicense, or use the material outside the recorded terms. + +## How to determine the terms for an asset + +1. Find the named set or release in `ASSET-LICENSES.md`. +2. Read its linked manifest and dated provenance record. +3. Follow the most specific recorded license boundary and preserve required + attribution and notices. +4. If no open-license grant is explicit, do not infer one from a filename, + repository path, runtime use, release attachment, or project association. + +This map aligns with the main Warpkeep repository's forward-looking policy: +project-authored software uses Apache-2.0, and authorized project-owned +creative work may use CC BY 4.0. 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The repository's project-authored +verification software uses the same [Apache-2.0 software license](LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt) +as the main Warpkeep repository. Creative assets are not automatically covered +by Apache-2.0: the stone-letter title set and Hegemony Mark artwork are +expressly licensed under [CC BY 4.0](LICENSES/CC-BY-4.0.txt), while other +deposits keep the archive-only, original, or unresolved terms recorded for +their set. + +Read the root [`LICENSE`](LICENSE) for the plain-language map and +[`ASSET-LICENSES.md`](ASSET-LICENSES.md) for exact per-release scope. The main +project's [licensing policy](https://github.com/ael-dev3/Warpkeep/blob/main/LICENSING.md) +and [runtime asset inventory](https://github.com/ael-dev3/Warpkeep/blob/main/ASSETS-LICENSE.md) +explain how these materials are treated when integrated into Warpkeep. + Large masters do not live in normal Git history. They are published as immutable, tag-specific GitHub Release attachments with exact byte counts, SHA-256 checksums, safe-path manifests, provenance, and license boundaries. Warpkeep commits the optimized files required at runtime; players never depend on GitHub Release downloads while using the game. ## Asset releases @@ -108,7 +124,8 @@ before deriving new runtime assets. - Keep unresolved and externally governed material under its existing terms; do not sweep it into the title set's license. - Preserve exact tag, attachment name, byte count, and SHA-256 in every downstream preparation script. -See [`ASSET-LICENSES.md`](ASSET-LICENSES.md) for the per-set license scope. +See [`LICENSE`](LICENSE) for the repository-wide map and +[`ASSET-LICENSES.md`](ASSET-LICENSES.md) for the per-set license scope. ## Logging Camp Wood Gathering Node runtime LODs diff --git a/tests/test_repository_licensing.py b/tests/test_repository_licensing.py new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f1d9954 --- /dev/null +++ b/tests/test_repository_licensing.py @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +from pathlib import Path +import unittest + + +ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] + + +class RepositoryLicensingTests(unittest.TestCase): + def test_mixed_license_map_keeps_asset_exceptions_explicit(self) -> None: + license_map = (ROOT / "LICENSE").read_text(encoding="utf-8") + + self.assertIn("mixed-license repository", license_map) + self.assertIn("LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt", license_map) + self.assertIn("LICENSES/CC-BY-4.0.txt", license_map) + self.assertIn("no separate open-license grant asserted", license_map) + self.assertIn("does not convert unresolved", license_map) + + def test_both_open_license_texts_are_complete_and_linked(self) -> None: + apache = (ROOT / "LICENSES" / "Apache-2.0.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8") + creative_commons = (ROOT / "LICENSES" / "CC-BY-4.0.txt").read_text(encoding="utf-8") + readme = (ROOT / "README.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8") + asset_ledger = (ROOT / "ASSET-LICENSES.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8") + + self.assertIn("Apache License", apache) + self.assertIn("Version 2.0, January 2004", apache) + self.assertIn("END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS", apache) + self.assertIn("Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International", creative_commons) + self.assertIn("LICENSES/Apache-2.0.txt", readme) + self.assertIn("LICENSES/CC-BY-4.0.txt", readme) + self.assertIn("How to read the status labels", asset_ledger) + self.assertIn("Openly licensed sets", asset_ledger) + + +if __name__ == "__main__": + unittest.main()