This document is only a preliminary draft of the LeviLamina Usage Guidelines and does not formally play a legal role, LiteLDev reserves the right to the highest interpretation of this document. Note that this document is in draft form until it is officially released and does not play a legal role, but can still be used as a non-draft in lieu of a legal role when necessary.
We love that our users and fans do cool things and share them with the community. Our goal is to create an environment where you get to do great things for the LeviLamina community without others coming along and spoiling it for everyone. We realize that some things you will create and share and other things you may create and sell. So, we wrote these guidelines to explain what we consider to be acceptable ways to use the LeviLamina name, brand, assets in your creation.
In short, we hope that these help you understand what you can and can't do and help you do and share more (and limit those that try to go too far).
The LeviLamina End User License Agreement (EULA) is a legal agreement between you and us (LiteLDev). The EULA relates to your use of LeviLamina products and governs your use of our website and how we resolve disputes. It is your responsibility to understand and follow the EULA.
The guidelines presented here should be followed alongside the EULA. They do not form part of the EULA. Rather, they exist because we currently believe it is a good idea to allow some leniency in the use of LeviLamina.
In relation to all uses (permitted or otherwise):
- All rights (including copyright, trademark rights, and related rights) in the name, brand, assets, and any derivatives are and will remain owned by LiteLDev.
- All permissions and consents are given at our discretion and may be revoked at any time if we think that it is appropriate to do so, or if we don't like what you are doing.
- All rights are expressly reserved. If you are interested in proposing a formal partnership with us, please maintain that interest, as we are currently not considering partnerships with other individuals, organizations, companies, etc. If you wish to report violations of these guidelines, you can send us information about the violation through our email. We are not able to give advice about whether a specific project does or does not comply with these guidelines. If you are unsure, you should speak to an attorney for help.
More guidelines will follow as we decide what and when to add them - so feel free to make requests.
We want to make it clear that these are the basic guidelines that apply to your prohibited uses of our name, brand, and assets. You should still read all policies and guidelines in full, but here is a brief summary of the key points to help guide you.
If you use any part of any name, brand, or asset, then:
Do not engage in any activities or include any content that might lead people to believe that the content you share could be construed as official, or approved, endorsed, associated with, supported by, or related to us.
- Do not engage in any unlawful, misleading, obscene, harmful, or offensive activities.
- Do not engage in any activities that could damage or undermine our name, brand, or assets (for example: gambling, pornography, violence, terrorism, or other unsafe/adult content).
- Do not redistribute our products or any modifications of our products or product documentation.
- Do not allow unfair or unreasonable access to any content created by us.
- Do not impersonate LiteLDev/appear to be associated with or supported by LiteLDev, and explicitly state:
- You (rather than us) are responsible for the products or services (including events, servers, books, and handmade items).
- Who the publisher, manufacturer, seller, organizer, and/or owner is.
- The contact and contact information for products, services, or any related purchases (chat and forum links are not acceptable).
- Attempting to obtain any data that violates the Minecraft EULA or could harm the security of Minecraft by dumping LeviLamina or any of our other products (hereinafter referred to as "LeviLamina:, See the first entry under "DEFINITIONS" for more details.) is unwise!
- Do not attempt to reverse LeviLamina for malicious purposes!
- We do not want you to use LeviLamina to develop any programs that could compromise the security of Minecraft, or any other products that we deem to compromise Minecraft's security.
Include a disclaimer in a prominent position on your products, listings, descriptions, websites/pages, and all other related materials that states: "Not an official LiteLDev product [product/service/event/etc.]. Not approved by LiteLDev and not associated with LiteLDev."
These guidelines are intended to help you understand what we do and do not want to happen when you use our name, brand, and assets in your work. We aim to be as open, honest, and, most importantly, trustworthy as possible. We hope you will treat us in the same way.
You may use our name in connection with your product or service, title, or listing (including on websites, video platforms, or merchandise) if you follow the guidelines in this section.
If you:
- Use the LeviLamina name as a secondary name, secondary title, or description because it is necessary to describe your creations or their purpose honestly and fairly
- Ensure that the secondary title (which includes the LeviLamina name) is not the dominant element or the distinctive part of the complete name or title
- Don't use any other aspect of our brand or assets as part of any related branding, including as a logo or part of a logo
- Don't use our name as keywords or search tags for products that have no relationship with them or that are infringing or counterfeit
Then you may use the LeviLamina name.
We are very relaxed about things you create for yourself. Pretty much anything goes there - so go for it and have fun, just remember the policies and avoid any illegal activities (such as writing cheats), infringing on others' rights, or violating the Minecraft EULA.
If you decide you want to share your creation with the community, you may do so. In fact, we are excited for you and can't wait to see what you've been doing. When you decide to share your content with the community (whether you plan to make money off it or not), we consider that a commercial activity. When you engage in commercial activities, you must follow the Commercial Use guidelines.
This applies, for example, if you want to set up and run any non-commercial blogs, servers, community forums, fan sites, fan clubs, news groups, events, and gatherings.
We are less relaxed about using our name, brand, and assets for commercial use. While we love that you want to share your creations with the community and understand that you may want to charge others, we do have some limits regarding what we consider acceptable LeviLamina commercial use.
In these guidelines, commercial use means any use of our name, brand, or assets that you use and share with others (regardless of whether you receive payment or provide it for free). This can be through videos and streams you create, merchandise you make, or even a server you host. We may change this definition over time, but for now, we hope this helps you understand what you can and can't do, helping you and other fans like you create more while limiting those who try to overstep.
We are currently drafting this section of the guidelines, and commercial use is not permitted until this section is published.
We love the idea of you, our community, doing cool things and want to support your creativity. We understand that you may want to share your creations with others and even make money off what you've created. We want to empower you to create and share. At the same time, we want to limit those who would take things too far. Hopefully, these guidelines help you understand what we are okay with you doing and what we aren't.
If something isn't covered by these guidelines and we haven't otherwise said it's okay, that probably means we don't want you to do it. In any case, if it isn't covered, please don't do it without getting written permission from us. If something is specifically covered and permitted by these guidelines, our account terms, or End User License Agreement applicable to any of our games, then you don't need to contact us.
- 2024.12.11 corrected the name of the first draft file. @Lovelylavender4
- 2024.11.03 completed the first draft. @Lovelylavender4