Project Licensing
This project operates under a dual-license model to separate the creative universe from the technical implementation.
Creative Content
CC BY-SA 4.0
All narrative content, lore, characters, music, and artwork associated with The Stardust Engine are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
What this means:
- You are free to Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- You are free to Remix: Remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
- Attribution: You must give appropriate credit to The Stardust Engine and Michael Ragsdale, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- ShareAlike: If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
Source Code
The MIT License
The underlying source code that powers this website (PHP, HTML, CSS, JS) is licensed under the MIT License.
What this means:
You are free to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the software. The only requirement is that the copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
GitHub Repositories:
A Note on AI Collaboration
This project is a collaboration between human creativity and generative AI. While the concepts, direction, and code architecture are human-led (Michael Ragsdale), assets such as artwork (DALL-E 3), music (Suno), and lore expansion (Gemini) were created with the assistance of AI tools. The licensing above applies to the final output presented here.
