# CoolRPG: Volume I - licences

Copyright 2026 Xinle, LLC. CoolRPG: Volume I is made of several kinds of material under different terms.

## 1. Adapted Basic Fantasy material - CC BY-SA 4.0
The game adapts (changes for a video game) text, tables, maps and game statistics from:
- *Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game*, 4th Edition - Copyright 2006-2025 Chris Gonnerman and Contributors
- *BF1 Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign* - Copyright 2006-2014, 2017-2023 Chris Gonnerman and Contributors
- *Basic Fantasy Equipment Emporium* - Copyright 2010-2023 Joe Ludlum, R. Kevin Smoot and Alan Vetter
- *Basic Fantasy Beginner's Essentials* - Copyright 2011-2025 Tom Hoyt

all licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence
(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Our adaptation of that material - the rules, classes, spells,
monsters and items as they appear in the game's database, and the maps, characters, dialogue and quest text adapted
from those books - is likewise licensed under **CC BY-SA 4.0** by Xinle, LLC. It is available DRM-free, as data files,
at https://coolrpg.us/?pagename=open-content (built by `tools/legal/build_open_content.py`).

## 2. Open Game Content - OGL 1.0a
The "Gold in the Hills" quest adapts *Gold in the Hills* by Ray Allen (*Adventure Anthology One*, Copyright 2007
Ray Allen), Open Game Content under the Open Game License v1.0a. The licence, the designation of Open Game Content and
the Section 15 notice are in `game/data/OGL-1.0a.txt`, which ships with every copy of the game.

## 3. Everything else - not covered by the licences above
- The game's program code (the `Xinle_*` plugins, tools and scripts) - Copyright 2026 Xinle, LLC, all rights reserved.
- Third-party plugins, art, music, sound effects and fonts - each under its own terms; see the in-game Credits,
  `docs/CREDITS.md` and `docs/legal/release-audit.md`.
- RPG Maker MZ engine files and standard resources - RPG Maker MZ EULA (Gotcha Gotcha Games / KADOKAWA).
- The names "CoolRPG" and "Xinle" and their logos.

## Trademarks
Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game is a trademark of Chris Gonnerman. CoolRPG is an independent game by Xinle, LLC and is
not affiliated with or endorsed by Chris Gonnerman or the Basic Fantasy Project.
