# Commercial Use Policy

This document is a plain-English guide for commercial use of Ghost Arcade
Community. It is not legal advice and it does not replace the AGPL-3.0-or-later
license in `LICENSE` or the trademark rules in `TRADEMARKS.md`.

## The short version

You may use Ghost Arcade Community for commercial creative work. Paid shows,
client visuals, installations, live streams, recordings, tutorials, workshops,
and content made with the app are allowed.

Risk Capital Media LLC does not claim ownership of the visuals, recordings,
project files, performances, or other content you create with the app just
because you used Ghost Arcade Community.

You may not use the official Ghost Arcade brand to sell or promote unofficial
builds, forks, bundles, services, or app store listings in a way that makes
people think they are official Risk Capital Media LLC products.

## Allowed commercial uses

You may use Ghost Arcade Community for:

- paid VJ sets, concerts, theater, installations, galleries, festivals, and
  corporate events
- client work, commissioned visuals, and projection mapping jobs
- streaming, recording, exporting, selling, or licensing content you created
  with the app
- internal business use
- paid tutorials, classes, workshops, or consulting
- creating and selling original project files, presets, shaders, templates, or
  media packs, subject to the rights in any third-party material you include
- modifying the app for your own use

## When source-sharing rules matter

Ghost Arcade Community is licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later.

If you modify the app and distribute your modified version, you must follow the
AGPL requirements, including providing the corresponding source code under the
same license.

If you modify the app and let users interact with it over a network, the AGPL
also requires you to offer those users the corresponding source code.

If you only use the unmodified app to create visuals, run a show, make a
recording, or serve clients, that activity does not by itself require you to
publish your own show files, media, recordings, or client work.

## What is not allowed without permission

Without written permission from Risk Capital Media LLC, you may not:

- sell or list an unofficial build using the name `Ghost Arcade`,
  `Ghost Arcade Community`, or `Ghost Arcade Pro`
- use official logos, icons, screenshots, release artwork, or update channels
  as the primary branding for your fork or commercial bundle
- claim that your fork, installer, service, course, support package, or app
  store listing is official or endorsed by Risk Capital Media LLC
- remove copyright, license, attribution, or source-offer notices required by
  the AGPL
- distribute closed-source modifications of the Community Edition under the
  AGPL license
- copy code, assets, or features from the closed-source Pro edition unless you
  have separate written permission

## Selling services around the app

You may charge for honest services around Ghost Arcade Community, such as:

- installing the app for a venue
- building a show file for a client
- writing original shaders or templates
- training a team
- supporting your own fork
- hosting a modified version, if you comply with the AGPL network source
  requirements

Make your relationship clear. A good commercial listing says who you are,
what you provide, and that Ghost Arcade Community is an AGPL-licensed project
from Risk Capital Media LLC.

## Fork names

Forks and commercial derivatives should use a distinct name and visual identity.
You can say "based on Ghost Arcade Community" in a factual way, but the main
product name should be yours.

Suggested wording:

> Built on Ghost Arcade Community. Independent project; not affiliated with or
> endorsed by Risk Capital Media LLC.

## Separate commercial licenses

If you need closed-source modifications, official branding rights, Pro edition
features, priority support, or a private commercial arrangement, contact Risk
Capital Media LLC through `https://ghostarcade.live`.