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Licensing

This document is a working engineering note, not legal advice. A software attorney should review the final public license, attribution language, and commercial licensing path before release.

Intended Project Strategy

  • Public source license: GNU Affero General Public License version 3.0 only (AGPL-3.0-only).
  • PixelAid outputs are not subject to the AGPL solely because they were produced by PixelAid.
  • Attribution is requested, not required, for games and projects that use PixelAid-produced or PixelAid-cleaned assets.
  • Optional commercial/proprietary license path for customers needing closed-source embedding, white-labeling, hosted commercial service terms, private integrations, support, or redistribution without AGPL obligations.
  • Project names, logos, and marks should be handled separately through trademark guidance.

Dependency Policy

Allowed by default:

  • MIT
  • Apache-2.0
  • BSD-2-Clause / BSD-3-Clause
  • ISC
  • Zlib/libpng

Avoid by default:

  • GPL
  • AGPL
  • LGPL
  • SSPL
  • Commons Clause
  • Business Source License
  • Non-commercial or no-derivatives licenses

Exception: PixelAid's own public source license is AGPL-3.0-only by product-owner decision. Avoid adding GPL/AGPL dependencies unless the project intentionally accepts their obligations.

Direct Dependencies Added

Runtime:

  • react 19.2.5, MIT: UI rendering.
  • react-dom 19.2.5, MIT: browser React renderer.
  • lucide-react 1.11.0, ISC: compact editor icons.
  • fflate 0.8.2, MIT: browser ZIP bundle generation.

Build/test/dev:

  • vite 8.0.10, MIT: web dev server and bundler.
  • @vitejs/plugin-react 6.0.1, MIT: React transform for Vite.
  • typescript 6.0.3, Apache-2.0: strict TypeScript compiler.
  • vitest 4.1.5, MIT: package unit tests.
  • eslint 10.2.1, MIT: linting.
  • typescript-eslint 8.59.0, MIT: TypeScript lint rules.
  • @eslint/js 10.0.1, MIT: ESLint JavaScript rules.
  • @types/react 19.2.14, MIT: React type definitions.
  • @types/react-dom 19.2.3, MIT: React DOM type definitions.

No image quantization, Three.js, AI SDK, native image-processing, or WASM dependency has been added in this milestone. The desktop shell uses Tauri packages and Rust crates that should receive a separate crate notice report before signed desktop release artifacts.

MIG-8 palette workflows add no new runtime or build dependency. The quantizer and safe palette presets are implemented in-repo to avoid GPL/AGPL/LGPL, commercial licensing, attribution, and bundle-size risk. Third-party named palettes should be added only after license/attribution review.

MIG-14 engine adapters add no dependencies. Godot, Unity, and Phaser files are generated text/JSON helpers maintained in-repo.

First-Party Brand Assets

PixelAid logo, favicon, header, and desktop app icon assets in docs/brand/pixelaid-c-assets, apps/web/public, and apps/desktop/src-tauri/icons are first-party project artwork. Keep logo and trademark permissions separate from dependency licensing, and review final public trademark/brand usage language before release.

Release Files

  • LICENSE: AGPL-3.0-only license text.
  • NOTICE: PixelAid copyright, output clarification, attribution request, commercial licensing note, and brand notice.
  • ATTRIBUTION.md: plain-language attribution and output guidance for users.
  • LICENSES.md: release-facing summary of source, output, attribution, commercial, trademark, and dependency-notice policy.
  • THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md: curated release-facing dependency notice table.
  • docs/third-party-license-report.md: generated npm lockfile report.

Generate and check the npm dependency report with:

npm run license:report
npm run license:check