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    Eclipse Licensing

    Eclipse Public License -v 1.1

    www.freemmorpgmaker.com (marshmellowman0@gmail.com)

    THE ACCOMPANYING PROGRAM IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS ECLIPSE PUBLIC LICENSE ("AGREEMENT"). ANY USE, REPRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM CONSTITUTES RECIPIENT'S ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT.

    1. DEFINITIONS

    "Contribution" means:

    a) in the case of the initial Contributor, the initial code and documentation distributed under this Agreement, and

    b) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:

    I) changes to the Program, and

    ii) additions to the Program;

    where such changes and/or additions to the Program originate from and are distributed by that particular Contributor. A Contribution 'originates' from a Contributor if it was added to the Program by such Contributor itself or anyone acting on such Contributor's behalf. Contributions do not include additions to the Program which: (I) are separate modules of software distributed in conjunction with the Program under their own license agreement, and (ii) are not derivative works of the Program.

    "Contributor" means any person or entity that distributes the Program.

    "Licensed Patents " mean patent claims licensable by a Contributor which are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution alone or when combined with the Program.

    "Program" means the Contributions distributed in accordance with this Agreement.

    "Recipient" means anyone who receives the Program under this Agreement, including all Contributors.

    2. GRANT OF RIGHTS

    a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute and sublicense the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and such derivative works, in source code and object code form.

    b) Redistributions of the supplied source code must not be sold or traded without the sole consent of "Touch Of Death Productions". No hardware per se is licensed hereunder.

    c) Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants the licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are provided by any Contributor that the Program does not infringe the patent or other intellectual property rights of any other entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability to Recipient for claims brought by any other entity based on infringement of intellectual property rights or otherwise. As a condition to exercising the rights and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby assumes sole responsibility to secure any other intellectual property rights needed, if any. For example, if a third party patent license is required to allow Recipient to distribute the Program, it is Recipient's responsibility to acquire that license before distributing the Program.

    d) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has sufficient copyright rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the copyright license set forth in this Agreement.

    3. REQUIREMENTS

    A Contributor may choose to distribute the Program in object code form under its own license agreement, provided that:

    a) it complies with the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

    b) its license agreement:

    I) effectively disclaims on behalf of all Contributors all warranties and conditions, express and implied, including warranties or conditions of title and non-infringement, and implied warranties or conditions of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose;

    ii) effectively excludes on behalf of all Contributors all liability for damages, including direct, indirect, special, incidental and consequential damages, such as lost profits;

    iii) states that any provisions which differ from this Agreement are offered by that Contributor alone and not by any other party; and

    iv) states that source code for the Program is available from such Contributor, and informs licensees how to obtain it in a reasonable manner on or through a medium customarily used for software exchange.

    When the Program is made available in source code form:

    a) it must be made available under this Agreement; and

    b) a copy of this Agreement must be included with each copy of the Program.

    c) you must have express consent from Touch of Death Productions.

    Contributors may not remove or alter any copyright notices contained within the Program.

    Each Contributor must identify itself as the originator of its Contribution, if any, in a manner that reasonably allows subsequent Recipients to identify the originator of the Contribution.

    4. NO WARRANTY

    EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Each Recipient is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using and distributing the Program and assumes all risks associated with its exercise of rights under this Agreement , including but not limited to the risks and costs of program errors, compliance with applicable laws, damage to or loss of data, programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption of operations.

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    EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS SHALL HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

    6. GENERAL

    If any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this Agreement, and without further action by the parties hereto, such provision shall be reformed to the minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.

    If Recipient institutes patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit) alleging that the Program itself (excluding combinations of the Program with other software or hardware) infringes such Recipient's patent(s), then such Recipient's rights granted under Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.

    All Recipient's rights under this Agreement shall terminate if it fails to comply with any of the material terms or conditions of this Agreement and does not cure such failure in a reasonable period of time after becoming aware of such noncompliance. If all Recipient's rights under this Agreement terminate, Recipient agrees to cease use and distribution of the Program as soon as reasonably practicable. However, Recipient's obligations under this Agreement and any licenses granted by Recipient relating to the Program shall continue and survive.

    Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute copies of this Agreement, but in order to avoid inconsistency the Agreement is copyrighted and may only be modified in the following manner. The Agreement Steward reserves the right to publish new versions (including revisions) of this Agreement from time to time. No one other than the Agreement Steward has the right to modify this Agreement. The Eclipse Foundation is the initial Agreement Steward. The Eclipse Foundation may assign the responsibility to serve as the Agreement Steward to a suitable separate entity. Each new version of the Agreement will be given a distinguishing version number. The Program (including Contributions) may always be distributed subject to the version of the Agreement under which it was received. In addition, after a new version of the Agreement is published, Contributor may elect to distribute the Program (including its Contributions) under the new version. Except as expressly stated in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, Recipient receives no rights or licenses to the intellectual property of any Contributor under this Agreement, whether expressly, by implication, estoppel or otherwise. All rights in the Program not expressly granted under this Agreement are reserved.

    This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York and the intellectual property laws of the United States of America. No party to this Agreement will bring a legal action under this Agreement more than one year after the cause of action arose. Each party waives its rights to a jury trial in any resulting litigation.

     


    Provided artwork and audio

    Graphics
    The provided graphics that come with the tile engine belong to Enterbrain and the RpgMakerXP. The graphics are meant to be used only with the rpg maker engine and are not to be used else were. We do not give you permission to use such materials because we do not have it. The graphics provided in the tilesets are meant only to be templates and give you an idea of what good 2d tilesets should look like. The graphics should only be used for a trial version of the rpgmaker or a paid for version. We hold no responsibility for anything that happens to a member of the community for using these graphics.

    Audio
    The provided audio is for use with the Eclipse engine. We take no responsibility for anything that happens in the process of using these audio files. We are not quite sure were the files originated from (seeing as they are old files) so please use at your own risk.





    MP3 licensing

    We all know MP3, it's the audio format we use on our MP3 players and computers to listen to music.

    MP3 has a few issues though:

      - Free Games:
         You're free to use this.

      - Commercial Games:
         You aren't free to use this unless you only have less than 5000 copies distributed of your games.

    A MP3 license costs about $2500 USD and can be obtained at http://www.mp3licensing.com.


    OGG/MIDI/Wave licensing

    OGG Vorbis, MIDI and Wave files are royalty free. That means it can be used at no cost whether your game is free or commercial.


    Another music licensing

    For more information you can always Google for your music file format. Usually there will be license information about it.


    Audio made by somebody else

    If you're using audio from somebody else be sure you have a license for it unless it is free to use. If not you may get sued. Most artists don't make them for free and demand you to buy a license in order to use it for you game be sure to purchase this if this is the case.


    Artwork made by somebody else

    It's mainly the same as audio made by someone else.


    Image licensing

    All image files Eclipse supports are free except the GIF format unless your game is free. I'm not sure if the GIF format demands for any fees to be paid but be sure to check this before you attempt to use GIF.


    Final Note

    Be aware about licenses, free games have less problems with them but commercial games that receive revenue need to beware of what they are using. Most company's will never spend the time and money to sue a small (or even some what big) online rpg using its graphics or other materials. We have never had a problem with it in our many years of using them. But this needed to be posted to keep you away from what could happen and also keep our hine ends from being hijacked with a large shiny knife of death.


    Regards, Godlord.
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    Thanks Godlord, this'll help unfamiliar members.
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       and "they" said it didnt exist ..HA to them HA HA HA
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    'bout time this was added; leave it to Godlord to make a super detailed and organized post like this xD
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    updated with more accurate information.
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    on the mp3 site it said it was $2500 for a license for games...
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    When I checked the price it was $100.

    Edit: but that was a long time ago though. Might have been changed.


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    $#!T Thats a big change....
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    Holy Mother of a duckling.
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    yay for midi!!!
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    Yaeh, That MP3 licence is nearly as pointless as a wedding. xD
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    nice..I think $2500 is alot for a mps lincense though!rotfl!
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    Lol, go complain at Thomson :P.

    That's mainly the reason why most games I've played use some other format like MOD.


    Regards, Godlord.
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    It already be a sticky.
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    you guys need ta check if its stickied...because it was stickied before you voted.
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       how dare them .. my vote counts :)
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    Lawl it got stickied before it got posted.


    Regards, Godlord.
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    Okay I see is Legal to use it,but here??
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    But you may not create a game engine with Eclipse without permission from Eclipse AdministratorsSo??Afte I Finish the game and I'm ready to make it Public I need an permission from EE Admins?
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    A game engine is not a game, its the thing that makes games, I think you were confused...
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