Copyright and Licensing ======================= 1. "Galacticraft" and "the Galacticraft project" means the plugin for Forge-modified Minecraft (see section 10 below) which is distributed as a compiled binary through the home page http://www.micdoodle8.com/mods/galacticraft and whose source code is or has been published on Github in the micdoodle8/Galacticraft and micdoodle8/MicdoodleCore repositories. Galacticraft's "source code" means the material, including Java code, other programming code, image, textures, models, sound files and other binary files, published within the micdoodle8/Galacticraft and micdoodle8/MicdoodleCore repositories on Github, subject to section 18 below in relation to "dependencies", and any related material including the text, design and artwork on the Wiki which is published on www.micdoodle8.com or any other official Galacticraft website. 2. Galacticraft is a copyright work, and the copyright belongs to the Galacticraft developers. The "Galacticraft developers" means the persons known by the Github usernames micdoodle8, radfast and fishtaco567 and any additional person whom the Galacticraft developers deem to become one of the Galacticraft developers in future. References herein to the Galacticraft developers shall be construed jointly and severally. 3. The "overriding principle" is that Galacticraft is intended to be open-source software with its source code distributed freely on Github (or any similar technological means which allows for the distribution of source code via the internet to any interested person), available to all on a free for non-commercial use basis as detailed further below. 4. Nothing in this Licence shall interfere with that overriding principle and no rights granted by this Licence shall interfere with the continuing ability of the Galacticraft developers to modify, supplement and publish Galacticraft's source code on to Github and to distribute, through Github or elsewhere, any compiled or binary code based thereon. Contributions ------------- 5. Contributions to Galacticraft in the form of code, code snippets, pull requests, translations, artwork, sounds, music, or other similar contributions are welcomed. Issue reports and comments, forum posts, editing of the Wiki, and other user contributions are also welcomed and are classed as "contributions" to the project for these purposes. Any person contributing in that form (a "Contributor"), by the act of contributing, (a) assigns the copyright in that contribution to the Galacticraft developers; (b) in any event, authorises the distribution of that contribution thereafter as a part of the Galacticraft project through Github or otherwise; (c) consents to Galacticraft's developers licensing that contribution as a part of the Galacticraft project as set out in section 20 and following below. 6. No Contributor shall be entitled, by a claim to copyright relating to their contribution or any other code or material in Galacticraft, or by any other means, to interfere with the overriding principle. In particular, no Contributor shall be entitled, by reason of that contribution or otherwise, to attempt to prevent the continuing publication of Galacticraft's source code on Github or any distribution or licensing of Galacticraft. 7. A Contributor does not become one of the Galacticraft developers by the act of contribution, unless the Galacticraft developers deem otherwise in their sole discretion (which would require a large scale, sustained and substantial contribution to the project). 8. In the event of a Contributor making (whether deliberately or inadvertently) a contribution which wholly or partly comprises material in which a third party ("the original copyright holder") holds the copyright, the Contributor shall (a) not seek to enforce or assist in the enforcement of that copyright against Galacticraft nor by any other means prevent the continuing publication of Galacticraft on Github whether by means of DMCA notices or otherwise, which shall be a matter for the original copyright holder only; (b) the Contributor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Galacticraft developers against any loss or damage, consequential loss, or costs arising out of the contribution of the said material to Galacticraft. Interaction with Mojang's EULA ------------------------------ 9. Mojang AB ("Mojang") holds the copyright in the game known as Minecraft (herein, "vanilla" Minecraft). 10. Galacticraft is popularly referred to as a Minecraft "Mod", but more accurately it is a plugin. A separate project known as Forge modifies the code of vanilla Minecraft. Galacticraft does not itself modify the code of Minecraft but it provides new original material (a "plugin") which is interoperable with Forge-modified Minecraft. On this basis Galacticraft is considered by the Galacticraft developers to be a plugin rather than a Mod, but whether that is correct or not shall not affect the validity of this document and the licence granted hereby, which shall apply in the same way in either case. 11. The purpose of Galacticraft is to supplement the gameplay experience of a player playing modified Minecraft through the use of Galacticraft's original material which is contained in compiled binary versions of Galacticraft (including code, graphics, textures, icons, models, sounds and music). The player will need to be running Minecraft, together with the Forge modifications, in order to enjoy the gameplay experience contained in a compiled version of Galacticraft. 12. Galacticraft contains references to Forge-modified Minecraft (including vanilla Minecraft code) for interoperability reasons only. Galacticraft - in either its source code or its compiled binaries - does not contain a vanilla or Forge-modified copy of Minecraft as such, and there is no intent, in or through Galacticraft, to "distribute" any material in which Mojang holds the copyright. 13. Galacticraft's source code can be read by anyone and Minecraft is not required in order to read and enjoy the Galacticraft source code. Galacticraft's compiled binaries, however, can provide a gameplay experience only to a person who is running Minecraft. 14. Accordingly, the rights of Mojang AB as copyright owner in respect of Minecraft do not and would not prevent the distribution of Galacticraft's source code. 15. In any event, to the extent that it is relevant, the Galacticraft developers are permitted by Mojang's EULA for Minecraft to distribute Galacticraft. Specifically, that EULA provides (sic): "If you've bought the Game, you may play around with it and modify it. ... Basically, mods (or plugins, or tools) are cool (you can distribute those)...." and "Any tools you write for the Game from scratch belong to you. Modifications to the Game ("Mods") (including pre-run Mods and in-memory Mods) and plugins for the Game also belong to you and you can do whatever you want with them, as long as you don't sell them for money / try to make money from them." In quoting Mojang's EULA as aforesaid, no representation or admission is made that Mojang's authorisation is in fact required to distribute Galacticraft or its source code or as to the meaning of that EULA or expressions within it, which shall be a question of law to be resolved in any relevant jurisdiction where the question arises, but if and to the extent that such authorisation is required, it is authorised. Libraries etc ------------- 16. Galacticraft incorporates code snippets and libraries written by third parties. 17. All such third party code is distributed within the Galacticraft project subject to whichever licence was originally applicable to it and subject also to the terms herein as set out below. Reference should be made to the original third party code for licensing information. Dependencies ------------ 18. The code of Galacticraft's dependencies (that is to say, anything in the /dependencies folder in the Galacticraft Github project, which includes other mod's APIs) is included on the Github for interoperability reasons only. This is for the convenience of developers wishing to make use of the Galacticraft source code in their own development environment without compilation errors. The dependencies are not distributed within Galacticraft's compiled binaries and are not part of the copyright work known as Galacticraft which is licensed under this licence. 19. The code of all dependencies within the Galacticraft project is subject to whichever licence was originally applicable to that code. Reference should be made to the original code for licensing information. Galacticraft: licence --------------------- 20. Galacticraft is free for non-commercial use. The compiled binaries in Galacticraft are made freely available to all players. The Galacticraft project source code can be accessed and used on an open-source basis by any person, except that (a) no person can sell it or any derived work for money or try to make money from it, (b) no person can interfere with the overriding principle. The detailed terms and provisions set out below shall apply in all cases. 21. Where the Galacticraft project or its source code incorporates or includes material ("the Part") which is subject to a third party copyright or licence ("the original licence") then (a) to the maximum extent that the law allows in every relevant jurisdiction, the terms of the licence herein or any severable terms or provisions of this licence shall apply, in addition to or in place of the terms of the original licence, to the Part as incorporated in the Galacticraft project; and (b) where and to the extent that that is not possible (for example because a term of the original licence is not compatible with this licence and the law requires the original licence to prevail) then to that extent the terms of the original licence shall apply in relation to the Part only, and the remainder of the Galacticraft project shall be licensed on the terms herein both part by part and as an overall compilation. 22. "On an open-source basis" means that Galacticraft's source code is published in accordance with the overriding principle. The Galacticraft developers will use best endeavours to continue to make Galacticraft's source code available in that way. This meets the Galacticraft developers' obligations under the GPL or LGPL (where applicable) to provide access to source code. The Galacticraft developers will not be liable in the event of the discontinued operation of Github or other force majeure preventing public access to the source code or any repository containing it. 23. The restriction on persons selling Galacticraft for money or "trying to make money from it" does not prevent: (a) a person making money from an advertisement which that person provides to a player who downloads, free of charge, a modpack containing a compiled binary of Galacticraft together with other mods, subject to the additional conditions in section 37 below; (b) a server owner who charges a fee or receives donations from players playing on a server which offers a Galacticraft gameplay experience to players who have themselves installed Galacticraft in their clients, so long as the server does not disable player access to critical (in contrast to cosmetic) features, items or blocks in Galacticraft or make player access to parts or stages of Galacticraft conditional on payment ("pay to win"); and (c) a person from making a video recording of a Galacticraft gameplay experience and distributing that video on Youtube, Twitch or similar internet video distribution channels and making money in consequence of the video or related advertisements. 24. No undertaking or warranty is given that Galacticraft is suitable for use on any computer system or in any modpack, that it is stable and crash-free and interoperable with other "mods", or that there will be no loss or corruption of data or internet connectivity through the use of Galacticraft. Galacticraft is provided "as is". It is the responsibility of every player, modpack maker and server owner to test and confirm Galacticraft's suitability for the intended use. In any event, the liability of the Galacticraft developers to any person using Galacticraft shall be limited to such monetary amount, if any (and otherwise zero), as that person has paid to the Galacticraft developers for the use of Galacticraft. These exclusions and limitations of liability shall apply to the maximum extent permitted by law in every relevant jurisdiction. 25. Galacticraft may be updated from time to time, but the Galacticraft developers are not obliged to update Galacticraft and are not obliged to fix bugs, crashes or issues which may be identified now or in future, which shall be done at the sole discretion of the Galacticraft developers. 26. The Galacticraft project may be discontinued at any time, at the sole discretion of the Galacticraft developers, in which case users of Galacticraft may continue to use such source code or compiled versions as they may have downloaded at that time on the terms applicable to them at that time, but no further access to Galacticraft or its source code will be provided by the Galacticraft developers. 27. Galacticraft may either now or in future contain or display code, graphics or text which makes reference to, links to, communicates with or advertises either Galacticraft or its associated website(s) or other projects of the Galacticraft developers or any of them. In that event, as a condition of the continued use of Galacticraft, no user of Galacticraft (and in particular, no server owner or modpack maker) shall block, disable or prevent such reference, link, communication or advertising. 28. (a) Any person may make free use of Galacticraft's API and may freely copy and distribute the API to the extent required for interoperability reasons. (b) Any person may study Galacticraft's source code and may copy it, modify it, reverse engineer it or otherwise use it for that person's own personal use or any non-commercial academic purpose (but this does not permit distribution and this does not permit inclusion or copying of any part of Galacticraft or any derivative works in any commercial work or for any commercial purpose). (c) Licence is granted to all persons to copy, use and modify non-substantial parts (as defined below) of the Galacticraft project (including its source code) for any non-commercial purpose and to incorporate such non-substantial parts as appropriate and reasonable in their own non-commercial projects, including other Minecraft mods or plugins, provided that no person other than the Galacticraft developers may present Galacticraft's source code as being their own work, and any derived work must contain appropriate author attribution. Any commercial use of a work derived from Galacticraft shall continue to be prohibited. (d) "Non-substantial parts" means any part other than the whole or a substantial element of Galacticraft: for example a single Java method would be a non-substantial part. A "substantial part" includes anything which when compiled into playable form (together with any other code from any origin required to render it playable) replicates or reproduces to any substantially similar extent the gameplay, graphics, sound or visual design of Galacticraft or any identifiable or material part or gameplay element of Galacticraft (including for example the player experience of visiting any individual planet, dimension or world which is represented in Galacticraft, the appearance of any 'mob' or entity in Galacticraft, and any game screen or GUI which is specific to Galacticraft). All textured models (for example rockets, landers, mobs and other entities) included in Galacticraft are individually deemed to be "substantial parts". (e) Distribution of the whole of Galacticraft, in unaltered compiled binary form, is permitted ONLY in modpacks as set out further in section 37 below. Apart from modpacks, distribution or copying of Galacticraft or any substantial part of it or any derived work is PROHIBITED without permission from the developers. In particular, distribution of out-dated, altered, modified, converted or partial copies of Galacticraft or its binaries is prohibited. Copies or ports to other versions of Minecraft or Forge either in Java or for non-Java gaming platforms including mobile or console versions are PROHIBITED without the written permission of the Galacticraft developers. (f) All permissions in this section 28 are subject to the proviso that no other person may present Galacticraft's source code or any derived work or any compiled version as being their own work or take any action which denies the Galacticraft developers' ownership of the copyright in Galacticraft and rights to licence it and continued ability to publish the source code in accordance with the overriding principle. (g) Incorporation of Galacticraft or parts of it (or any derived work) in any commercial project - including vanilla Minecraft itself or any installer, distribution, mod download website, downloadable content or other resource which is available to paying users, subscribers or members only, or is otherwise conditional on a purchase, or which is distributed only to viewers of an advertisement (for example through an Ad.fly link or similar) - would violate section 20(a) above and is PROHIBITED. 28A. The copying or distribution of Galacticraft in mod "installers", for example Skydaz, is PROHIBITED and no licence is granted to distribute Galacticraft or its binaries in that way. An "installer" here means a program, script or system which has the sole or main function of installing Galacticraft for a player. A system for downloading, installing and launching modpacks comprising multiple mods presented together (for example Technic or FeedTheBeast launchers) is not an "installer" for these purposes and distribution of Galacticraft in modpacks is fully permitted in accordance with the modpack permission in section 37 below. 28B. For the avoidance of doubt, the distribution or copying of Galacticraft on mod download or re-distribution websites is PROHIBITED. (But bona fide modpacks comprising multiple mods, distributed through CurseForge or FTB or Technic platform or similar sites, are permitted in accordance with the modpack permission in section 37 below.) 29. To the extent that Galacticraft uses parts of the code which are or have previously been licensed on the LGPL or GPL basis or any other licensing basis, that licence is to be applied subject to the above when such source code or compiled binaries are distributed as part of the Galacticraft project, and anything in the LGPL or GPL or other licence which is inconsistent with the above shall not apply to Galacticraft as a whole. In any event, users of Galacticraft are allowed to modify Galacticraft code for their own use and to reverse engineer the distributed binaries for the purpose of debugging such modifications. 30. A player playing Galacticraft within a Minecraft environment may do so only if that player has a legitimately acquired copy of Minecraft. Any other use of Galacticraft for a gameplay experience is not authorised. 31. This copyright and licensing document itself is excluded from the licence terms above. This is a copyright and proprietary legal document and it must NOT be copied by any other person, in whole or in part, except for purposes permitted by law. Proper law, jurisdiction and updating ------------------------------------- 32. This document and the licence granted hereby are granted under the law of Canada and should be interpreted accordingly. 33. The copyright in Galacticraft and the licence granted hereby are applicable and enforceable in every jurisdiction where Galacticraft is used, in accordance with these terms. References herein to "each relevant jurisdiction" are to be read accordingly. "Copyright" includes to the extent applicable also all the other intellectual property rights or equivalent rights, as applicable in each relevant jurisdiction, which are held by the author, writer, artist, designer, inventor, creator or other rights-holder of the computer code, text, artwork, designs, technologies and sounds contained in Galacticraft. 34. In the event that a part or provision of this document is ineffective or not legally enforceable, that part or provision shall be severed from and shall not affect the other parts and provisions of this document and the licence granted hereby which shall continue to operate and to be enforceable to the maximum extent that the law allows. 35. This document and the licence granted hereby may be updated from time to time, in which case the updated terms apply to any person continuing to use Galacticraft or its source code after the date of such update, as a condition of that continuing use. This document and licence applies on the same basis to persons who downloaded or obtained copies of Galacticraft or its source code prior to the date this document first came into force and who continue to use Galacticraft thereafter. 36. A person downloading or otherwise obtaining a copy of Galacticraft or its source code does not thereby obtain ownership of Galacticraft, but merely a copy of it which may be used only on the terms licenced by the Galacticraft developers from time to time as set out herein. Modpacks permission ------------------- 37. Permission is hereby granted for Galacticraft (in its compiled, Java version in the form of .jar binary files) to be incorporated in any modpack without further authorisation from the Galacticraft developers, on the basis set out in sections 1 to 36 above - note in particular the prohibitions on commercial use - and subject to the following additional points: (a) a modpack must not incorporate the word "Galacticraft" in its name nor in any other way present itself as being an "official" Galacticraft modpack; (b) modpacks are not required to provide players with a link to Galacticraft's source code, but they must not attempt to deny access to Galacticraft's source code nor otherwise interfere with the overriding principle; (c) the Galacticraft code and other elements in the compiled binary must not be altered and every copy of Galacticraft's compiled binary code must include, within the relevant .jar or .zip or other packaged file, a copy of this LICENSE.txt; (d) modpacks must so far as reasonably possible distribute an up-to-date version of Galacticraft; (e) a 'modpack' here means a compilation of Galacticraft with other mods to create a bona fide pack of multiple mods playable in the Java versions of Minecraft combined with Forge.