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# 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
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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. It does not convert unresolved, third-party,
externally governed, or archive-only material into open content.

Main policy:

- https://github.com/ael-dev3/Warpkeep/blob/main/LICENSE
- https://github.com/ael-dev3/Warpkeep/blob/main/LICENSING.md
- https://github.com/ael-dev3/Warpkeep/blob/main/ASSETS-LICENSE.md

Nothing in this licensing map grants trademark rights or implies endorsement.
This document is a repository license notice, not individualized legal advice.
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- [`previews/`](previews/) — lightweight Git-tracked visual catalogues
- [`scripts/`](scripts/) and [`tests/`](tests/) — fail-closed release verification

## License

Warpkeep-Assets is a mixed-license archive. 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
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- 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

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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()