VisuStella MZ Terms of Use Article 7
Terms of Use1. These plugins may be used in free or commercial games provided that they have been acquired through legitimate means at VisuStella.com and/or any other official approved VisuStella sources. Exceptions and special circumstances that may prohibit usage will be listed on VisuStella.com. 2. All of the listed coders found in the Credits section of this plugin must be given credit in your games or credited as a collective under the name: "VisuStella". 3. You may edit the source code to suit your needs, so long as you do not claim the source code belongs to you. VisuStella also does not take responsibility for the plugin if any changes have been made to the plugin's code, nor does VisuStella take responsibility for user-provided custom code used for custom control effects including advanced JavaScript notetags and/or plugin parameters that allow custom JavaScript code. 5. VisuStella is not responsible for problems found in your game due to unintended usage, incompatibility problems with plugins outside of the VisuStella MZ library, plugin versions that aren't up to date, nor responsible for the proper working of compatibility patches made by any third parties. VisuStella is not responsible for errors caused by any user-provided custom code used for custom control effects including advanced JavaScript notetags and/or plugin parameters that allow JavaScript code. 8. Any extensions and/or addendums made to this plugin's Terms of Use can be found on VisuStella.com and must be followed. Terms of Use: Japanese『VisuStella MZ』利用規約 1. これらのプラグインは、VisuStella.comおよび/または公式に承認されたVisuStellaのソースから合法的な手段で入手したものである限り、フリーゲームや商用ゲームに使用することができます。例外的に使用が禁止される場合については、VisuStella.comの記載をご確認ください。 2. 本プラグインの「クレジット」部分に記載されているすべてのコーダーの名前は、ゲーム内にクレジット表記を行うか、もしくは「VisuStella」という名前の下にまとめて表記する必要があります。 3. ソースコードを自分のものだと主張しない限りは、必要に応じて編集することが可能です。ただしプラグインのコードに変更が加えられた場合、VisuStellaはそのプラグインに対して一切の責任を負いません。高度なJavaScriptのノートタグやJavaScriptコードを許可するプラグインのパラメータを含む、カスタムコントロールエフェクトに使用される、ユーザー提供のカスタムコードについても、VisuStellaは一切の責任を負いません。 5. VisuStellaは、意図しない使用方法による問題、VisuStella MZライブラリ以外のプラグインとの非互換性の問題、プラグインのバージョンが最新でないことによる問題、第三者による互換性パッチが適切に動作していないことなどが原因でゲーム内で発生した問題については、一切の責任を負いません。VisuStellaは、高度なJavaScriptのノートタグやJavaScriptコードを許可するプラグインのパラメータを含む、カスタムコントロールエフェクトに使用される、ユーザー提供のカスタムコードに起因するエラーについても、一切の責任を負いません。 8. このプラグインの利用規約の追加項目や補足については、VisuStella.comに掲載されていますので、それを参照し従ってください。
Listed above are VisuStella's Terms of Use. Let us explain about the requirement for all team members to own a copy of the plugin is required for Article 7. Let's also address the concerns for it.
In case it's not clear, redistributing plugins to team members who do not own the plugins themselves is a direct violation of article 4, which states that you may NOT redistribute these plugins nor take code from this plugin to use as your own. Team members are not excluded from this article.
So why is there no exclusion clause for this? Because if there is an exclusion clause for this, then that's all it takes for one loop hole to be made for everybody in a small community to suddenly become owners. All that would need to be done is for one small community, or even the RPG Maker community, to "work" on one game together for the rights to be redistributed and exploit our terms of use. Furthermore, this is a standard in any kind of industry using a particular software. In a work company, any business license requires each and every individual work computer for thta company to own a unique copy of said license if they want to use a specific software.
There are concerns about these plugins becoming too expensive if there are multiple members on the team. We're sorry to hear that, especially if it's outside of your budget. However, if you are assembling a team for the development of your game, we strongly recommend that you recruit a dedicated programmer as a team member and have the programmer develop the features you need. Considering that this is the field of game dev you're in, forming a game dev team without a dedicated programmer is nearly unheard of. If you can neither afford paying for each team member or a dedicated programmer, there are also free plugins out there provided by various members of the RPG Maker community. The VisuStella MZ library is not the only option available. If there are no free plugins of the features you want available, try commissions. Commission a programmer with terms that match and allow for your team members to own the rights to use their work while having the features you need. There are always options available.
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