Modding EULA

So you want to make mods for Lancer Tactics. That's great! There's just some legal guidelines we'd like to make clear before you get started with the Lancer Tactics modkit.

General Guidelines

• Contained in the modkit is the full commented source code for Lancer Tactics. You are welcome to open it in the Godot editor and run the game locally in order to build and test your mods, but you are NOT authorized to export the game into a standalone application without written permission from Wickworks.

• You are also not authorized to distribute this modkit; if you have a friend who's interested in getting started, please direct them towards the place where you got this from Wickworks.

• Content using the Lancer game system and universe, including both Lancer Tactics and any mods that you may create, is governed by Massif Press's Lancer Third-Party License. It can be reviewed at massifpress.com/legal

• You need to own a copy of the game to legally use this modkit.

• If you publish your mod, we may showcase it on other platforms without compensation but we will attempt to credit you.

• When we update Lancer Tactics, it may break compatibility with other software such as mods. This is unfortunate, but we don't take responsibility for ensuring all mods will continue to work with new versions of the game.

• Use common sense, follow the law and these rules, respect the Game and its community.

• Please read the following policy carefully before creating any mod, as it is legally binding.

License

• "The Game" - Refers to the game Lancer Tactics made by Wickworks.
• "Mod(s)" - Something original that you or someone else created that doesn't contain a substantial part of our copyrightable code or content.

If and as long as you comply with this policy, Wickworks grants you a personal, limited, non-transferable, revocable, and non-exclusive license to create Mods based on the Game - which you have duly obtained access to.

You hereby grant us and our affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable, irrevocable, and perpetual right to

• transmit, broadcast, otherwise communicate, publicly display, publicly perform your Mod
• in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised
• without compensation to you or any third party. This right shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

Unless otherwise agreed, the creation and publication of mods are strictly non-commercial. The mod shall be provided free of charge and be freely available, but you may accept donations for your time through Patreon or similar services, or through sponsorships.

Any third-party mods integrated into the Game (whether official or user-created) are not endorsed or supported by Wickworks unless explicitly stated. We do not assume responsibility for bugs, errors, or legal claims related to modded content. You are responsible for your own mod.

Intellectual Property (IP) rights

Your rights in your mod only extend to the new, original content you create as part of your mod and do not extend to or grant any rights to the Lancer Tactics game, any related IP rights or any content made available by Wickworks in relation to the Game. Please do not use any third-party content in your mod without permission and only use materials you are allowed to use.

If Wickworks coincidentally develops or has developed content similar to your mod or parts of your mod, Wickworks shall be free to fully use the content it has independently created without you gaining any rights to it. In other words: we will never steal content from your mods, but please understand that we also do not want to be prevented from making or finishing content for the Game, just because a mod accidentally contains similar contents or ideas.

Behaviour and Mod Content

Do not reverse engineer the Game, or any related tools except for the purpose of modding. Tools and mods are being made available at your own risk.

The following are prohibited:

• creating mods that contain any material which is unlawful, infringing, inappropriate, or violates any contracts or third-party rights.
• using the Lancer Tactics IP in a way that is offensive, grotesque, racist, sexist, vulgar, disparaging, or defamatory.
• creating or using hacks - mods that unlock paid content like DLCs, or remove DRM.
• using your mod to add advertisements or any monetization feature into the Game.
• obfuscating or making your code ambiguous in any way. Players and staff must be able to easily audit and verify the safety of the mod.
• exporting and distributing modified builds of the game.

Wickworks has no obligation to use, distribute or continue to distribute mods, and we may restrict or remove mods breaking any of these rules at our sole discretion.

We have the final say on what constitutes a Mod and what doesn't. You may not distribute any Modded Versions of our Game or software, and we’d appreciate it if you didn’t use Mods for griefing. Basically, Mods are okay to distribute; hacked versions or Modded Versions of the game client or server software are not okay to distribute.

Reporting

If you encounter content created by another user that you find offensive, we encourage you to report this content by clicking on the report button on the Mod.io page.

In case of Dispute: first, let’s try to solve disputes informally. If it does not work, arbitration or the courts in Portland, Oregon will settle it.

Please note that third party EULAs like the Lancer Third Party License or Mod.io uploading agreement may apply.

Lancer Tactics is not an official Lancer product; it is a third party work, and is not affiliated with Massif Press. Lancer Tactics is published via the Lancer Third Party License. Lancer is copyright Massif Press.