VisuStella MZ Terms of Use Article 6

Terms of Use 1. 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. 4. You may NOT redistribute these plugins nor take code from this plugin to use as your own. These plugins and their code are only to be downloaded from VisuStella.com and other official/approved VisuStella sources. A list of official/approved sources can also be found on VisuStella.com. 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. 6. If a compatibility patch needs to be made through a third party that is unaffiliated with VisuStella that involves using code from the VisuStella MZ library, contact must be made with a member from VisuStella and have it approved. The patch would be placed on VisuStella.com as a free download to the public. Such patches cannot be sold for monetary gain, including commissions, crowdfunding, and/or donations. 7. If this VisuStella MZ plugin is a paid product, all project team members must purchase their own individual copies of the paid product if they are to use it. Usage includes working on related game mechanics, managing related code, and/or using related Plugin Commands and features. Redistribution of the plugin and/or its code to other members of the team is NOT allowed unless they own the plugin itself as that conflicts with Article 4. 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。 4. これらのプラグインやプラグイン内のコードを、「自分のもの」として再配布したり使用したりすることはできません。これらのプラグインとそのコードは、VisuStella.comおよび、その他の公式/承認済みVisuStellaソースからのみダウンロードすることができます。公式/承認済みのソースのリストは、VisuStella.comでご確認いただけます。 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。 6. VisuStella MZライブラリのコードを使用した互換性パッチをVisuStellaとは関係のない第三者を通じて作成する必要がある場合は、まずVisuStellaのメンバーと連絡を取り、承認を得る必要があります。パッチはVisuStella.comに公開され、誰でも無料でダウンロードすることができるようになります。このようなパッチを、制作発注やクラウドファンディングの対象にしたり、寄付などの金銭的な利益を得るために販売することはできません。 7. このVisuStella MZプラグインが商用製品である場合、プロジェクトチームのすべてのメンバーは、それを使用するため、それぞれ製品を購入しなければなりません。使用方法には、関連するゲームメカニクスの作業、関連するコードの管理、および/または関連するプラグインコマンドや機能の使用、が含まれます。プラグインそのものやそのコードをチームの他のメンバーに再配布することは第4項に抵触するため、そのメンバーがプラグインそのものを所有していない限りは許可されません。 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. There's been some confusion regarding this. Allow us to explain what each sentence means. If a compatibility patch needs to be made through a third party that is unaffiliated with VisuStella that involves using code from the VisuStella MZ library, contact must be made with a member from VisuStella and have it approved. The "involves using code from the VisuStella MZ library" means that if you do not use code from the VisuStella MZ library, you do not need to ask for our permission. If you make a patch that does NOT use the VisuStella MZ library's code, permission is not needed. To fully understand this, let's put this into a different perspective: Albert the Artist made cool looking artwork. Priscilla the Poster Maker likes it. Priscilla the Poster Maker has to ask for permission to put that artwork on a poster. Replace the artwork with code and the poster with a patch, and you have the same story. The patch would be placed on VisuStella.com as a free download to the public. Once the patch has been made, it will be officially recognized by VisuStella and we will urge users to use that if they are using both of these parties' plugins. To fully understand what's happening, let's put this into a different perspective once again: Priscilla the Poster Maker finishes the poster under Albert the Artist's conditions. Albert the Artist's condition was to let the redistribution of the poster inside his studio. Priscilla the Poster Maker can also place it in her studio if she wishes. Both parties support each other and bring customers to each other's studios. Replace the poster with a patch and studio with website, and you have the same story. Such patches cannot be sold for monetary gain, including commissions, crowdfunding, and/or donations. The keywords here are "such patches", and they refer to the patches involved in the process of taking code from the VisuStella MZ library and applying it to the patch. Any patch made this way cannot be sold for monetary gain, cannot be a target of commissions, done as a target of crowdfunding and/or donations. To fully understand what's happening, let's put this into a different perspective once again: Priscilla the Poster Maker has finished making the poster with Albert the Artist's artwork. Priscilla the Poster Maker wants to monetize the poster. Albert the Artist thinks it's better if the poster is free for the public. Priscilla the Poster Maker has to comply by Albert the Artist's wishes since it is his artwork. Both parties still benefit through bringing customers to each other's studios. If a patch is made for the VisuStella MZ library without using the code that VisuStella owns, the VisuStella team does not care how it is monetized. Priscilla the Poster Maker one day decides to make her own poster using her own artwork instead of Albert the Artist's artwork. Albert the Artist thinks it's cool that Priscilla the Poster Maker is now making her own works of art without relying on his. Priscilla the Poster Maker wishes to sell that poster. Albert the Artist wishes Priscilla the Poster Maker the best of luck. Replace the artwork with code and the poster with a patch, and you have the same story. In quandary of why commissions are forbidden, it's because these are most likely ordered by individuals unaffiliated with either VisuStella MZ or the third party plugin developer. We would much rather the commissions go to either a member of the VisuStella team instead or even the third party plugin's original developer, especially if code from either plugin library is used. We believe that it is only fair that the appropriate parties get paid for the work that they've done. We hope this clarifies everything.