Credits and licences

Shards of Kael · server: shardsofkael.com

Shards of Kael mixes procedurally generated effects and music with public-domain (CC0) art packs, plus the open-source software and fonts below. Thank you to everyone who publishes their work under open licences.

Software

Fonts

Art and audio

Weapons, armour, the user interface, the music and most effects are generated by the game's own code. The characters, monsters, buildings, plants, ground textures and particle sprites come from these public-domain packs (the Classic hero option in Settings uses the original procedural heroes):

Licence texts

MIT License. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

SIL Open Font License 1.1. The full text is available at openfontlicense.org. The fonts are embedded in the game unchanged and are not sold on their own.

CC0 1.0 Universal (public domain dedication). The authors of the art packs above have waived their copyright and related rights worldwide, so the packs can be copied, modified and used commercially without permission or attribution; the credits here are given with thanks, not as a condition. The full text is at creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0.