straywild/ASSET-LICENSE.md

# NETfishing Asset License 1.1

Copyright © 2026 Woofmeow. All rights reserved except for the permissions
expressly granted below.

## 1. Scope

This license applies to original NETfishing artwork, graphics, textures,
models, animations, music, sound recordings, narrative content, visual
designs, characters, and other creative assets owned by the NETfishing owners
or licensed to them with authority to sublicense, publishing as Woofmeow (the
**“NETfishing Assets”**).

It does not apply to:

- software source code identified as GPL-3.0-or-later;
- third-party material identified in the source repository's
  `docs/ATTRIBUTION.md` or the packaged `ATTRIBUTION.md` notice;
- material accompanied by a different license; or
- the NETfishing and Woofmeow names and logos, which are addressed in
  `TRADEMARKS.md`.

Repository location alone does not change third-party ownership or licensing.

## 2. Definitions

**Official NETfishing Software** means:

- an unmodified binary release published by the NETfishing owners through an
  official NETfishing distribution channel; or
- a build made from an unmodified official NETfishing source release or tagged
  revision.

**Mod** means a non-standalone add-on created to operate with Official
NETfishing Software. A Mod may add, replace, or alter content loaded by the
Official NETfishing Software, but it may not redistribute a replacement copy
of the game or represent a fork, clone, sequel, or separate game.

**Contribution Fork** means a source-control fork or clone of an official
NETfishing source repository that is created and maintained in good faith
primarily to prepare, test, review, or submit changes for possible inclusion
in Official NETfishing Software. It does not include a fork presented or
developed as an independent game, community edition, replacement distribution,
or ongoing product separate from the official NETfishing project.

## 3. Permission to use the official game

You may reproduce NETfishing Assets as technically necessary to install, run,
back up, and privately modify a lawfully obtained copy of Official NETfishing
Software.

You may capture, publish, and monetize screenshots, gameplay videos,
livestreams, reviews, tutorials, and similar commentary showing a lawfully
obtained copy of NETfishing. This permission does not authorize redistribution
of the source asset files or imply endorsement.

## 4. Community Mod license

Subject to this license, you may create, modify, and distribute NETfishing
Assets solely as part of a Mod for Official NETfishing Software.

This permission is worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, and available for
as long as you comply with this license. It permits only the copies of
NETfishing Assets reasonably necessary for the Mod to function. It does not
permit distributing the original game, a substantially complete collection of
its assets, or a general-purpose asset pack.

A distributed Mod must:

1. require a separately obtained copy of Official NETfishing Software;
2. be presented as unofficial community content;
3. include the following notice in its documentation or distribution page:

   > Contains or adapts NETfishing assets © 2026 Woofmeow, used under the
   > NETfishing Asset License 1.1. This Mod is unofficial and is not endorsed
   > by Woofmeow.

4. identify material created by the Mod author separately from NETfishing
   Assets; and
5. comply with `TRADEMARKS.md`.

Mods may be shared without charge and may accept voluntary donations that do
not purchase access, features, or preferential treatment. Selling a Mod,
charging for access to it, licensing it commercially, or using NETfishing
Assets in paid products requires separate written permission from both
NETfishing owners.

## 5. Contribution Fork license

Subject to this license, you may reproduce, modify, and distribute NETfishing
Assets within a Contribution Fork. You may also make the nonpublic builds
reasonably necessary to develop, test, and review its proposed contribution.

This permission is worldwide, nonexclusive, royalty-free, and available for
as long as you comply with this license. Public source-control hosting of the
Contribution Fork and the repository history technically necessary for that
fork are permitted distributions.

A Contribution Fork must:

1. remain primarily directed toward preparing changes for possible inclusion
   in the official NETfishing project;
2. preserve this license and the official NETfishing project's applicable
   attribution, third-party license, and copyright notices;
3. remain visibly linked to or identified as a fork of the official source
   repository and not be presented as official or endorsed;
4. limit test-build access to the owners, maintainers, contributors, and
   testers directly participating in development or review of the proposed
   contribution;
5. not publish general-audience binaries, releases, packages, or downloads,
   operate a persistent public alternative service, or monetize access;
6. not distribute the NETfishing Assets as a standalone extraction, archive,
   or general-purpose asset pack; and
7. comply with `TRADEMARKS.md`.

Temporary access-controlled servers may be operated when reasonably necessary
to test a proposed contribution. They may not be promoted or maintained as a
public alternative to Official NETfishing Software or its services.

Submitting work from a Contribution Fork is governed separately by
`CONTRIBUTOR-TERMS.md` and does not require the NETfishing owners to accept the
work. Declining or closing a proposed contribution does not retroactively
invalidate good-faith use under this section. A compliant Contribution Fork
may remain publicly accessible as an archival development record, but it may
not be repurposed for continued development or distribution of a separate
product containing NETfishing Assets.

## 6. Uses not permitted

Except as expressly permitted by Sections 3, 4, and 5 or by separate written
permission from both NETfishing owners, you may not use or distribute
NETfishing Assets:

- in a fork, clone, remake, sequel, or standalone game that is not a qualifying
  Contribution Fork;
- with a modified distribution of the GPL-covered NETfishing code that is not
  Official NETfishing Software, except for nonpublic contribution-testing
  builds permitted by Section 5;
- in another game, application, asset library, template, or merchandise;
- as a substantially complete asset extraction or archive;
- in a way that implies sponsorship, endorsement, or official status;
- to register a confusingly similar trademark, domain, account, or product
  identity; or
- under terms that claim ownership of the NETfishing Assets themselves.

The GPL permits forks and redistribution of the GPL-covered code. Except for a
qualifying Contribution Fork under Section 5, this asset license does not
permit those forks to carry NETfishing Assets. A code fork that is not a
Contribution Fork must remove or replace the NETfishing Assets and reserved
branding unless both owners grant separate written permission.

## 7. Ownership of Mods and contribution work

You retain ownership of your original Mod material and original material
created in a Contribution Fork. The NETfishing owners retain ownership of the
NETfishing Assets and adaptations of those assets to the extent provided by
applicable law.

This license does not require you to assign or submit your original material.
It also does not grant you ownership of the underlying NETfishing Assets. If
you intentionally submit material for inclusion in NETfishing,
`CONTRIBUTOR-TERMS.md` applies separately.

## 8. Termination and cure

Your permissions under this license terminate automatically if you violate
its terms. They are reinstated provisionally when you stop the violation and
permanently if both NETfishing owners do not notify you of the violation
within sixty days after it has been cured.

Termination does not limit remedies available for activity outside this
license.

## 9. No warranty

THE NETFISHING ASSETS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, THE OWNERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR
OTHER LIABILITY ARISING FROM THIS LICENSE OR USE OF THE NETFISHING ASSETS.

## 10. Additional permission

Uses not granted here require written permission from both NETfishing owners.
A permission granted to one person or project does not amend this license for
others.

This is a custom asset license, not an open-source software license or a
Creative Commons license.