License



The HCGE is not an "opensource" project, and under no circumstances will sourcecodes be distributed. Please don't ask.



Private and no-fee use



Users are hereby granted license to freely create and distribute HCGE games for private and no-fee use. Generocity is accepted and encouraged; please see the contribution section for details.



It is requested, but not required, that any game running on the HCGE be made to display a splash screen noting that fact, or that the fact be mentioned non-trivially in some accompanying documentation or credits sequence.



Commercial use



Any user finding the HCGE fit for commercial/for-fee use must first purchase a commercial license before engaging in any commercial/for-fee activity. For information regarding the commercial license, please send an email request titled "HCGE License" to domain "headcannon.com", username "stealth".



The aforementioned email address is not for any other correspondence. For questions, comments, and support, please visit the Headcannon Discord Server, or contact us via twitter!



Performance



License is hereby granted to perform free, no-fee public or private demonstration, explanation, tutorial, etc using the HCGE. A commercial license must be purchased before any for-fee performance of the HCGE, public or private.



Distribution



The base HCGE may be freely distrubuted under the follwing conditions-



Only the original, unmodified archive may be distributed.







Any distribution of the HCGE must be provided free of charge.







The HCGE may not be distributed as part of a package.







Any game created using the HCGE may be distributed in conjunction with the HCGE as a combined, stand-alone application under the following conditions-



The game must be made to start automatically when the program is launched. This is accomplished by renaming its .gdf file to "default.gdf".







If the game is not "packed" using the game.hcg container format, then all files from the original HCGE archive must be included, unmodified.







The combined application must be provided free of charge unless a commercial license has been purchased.







The combined application may be distributed as part of a package provided that it is presented as a game using the HCGE and not as the base HCGE, and that the package is distributed free of charge, or a commercial license has been purchased.







All files for any game created using the HCGE may be distributed without the HCGE itself under the following conditions-



The files must be provided free of charge unless a commercial license has been purchased.



Game Licensing



Content of any games created with the HCGE, including officially-developed game packages are subject to their own license terms regarding gameplay use, and use, availability, and readability of source materials.



Users may use whatever licensing terms they like for their own games, subject to the condition that the author must purchase a commercial license if a fee is to be charged for the game or any HCGE-specific game code or data.



Fee - Definition



Any receipt of currency through any means during the process of developing or distributing a game using the HCGE, or any performance of HCGE usage, shall be considered a "fee" under this license, regardless of classifcation (Ex: "Donation"), source (Ex: Kickstarter), or intended use. Please contact the address in the "Commercial Use" section to discuss how any particular situation affects licensing.



