Copyright

1 - Birth of the Empires (BotE) represents a software which can be

used freely for PRIVATE USE and by private citizens only. All
other uses, including COMMERCIAL USE by members of any type of
corporation, are strictly forbidden. PUBLIC USE is also not
allowed unless specifically approved by the copyright holder.
2 - As copyright holder my person always has to be mentioned explicitly
and no other person may be mentioned additionally except for
copyrighted content which is owned by the respective
copyright holders. Their Terms of Use are fully applied here in
this context.
3 - BotE source code is under "Microsoft Reciprocal License (Ms-RL)"
license.
4 - Changes to the source code are permitted as long as my person is
mentioned as the author of the project (see 2) and the
changes made are not violating 3.
5 - Any modifications of this application are permitted, if
they do not violate 2-3 or the copyright terms of third parties.
6 - It is not permitted to use BotE to enrich yourself financially by
any means.
7 - It is not permitted to use BotE for any commercial
purposes.
8 - It is forbidden to use any of the pictures, graphics
and designs depicted in BotE for commercial
projects or to distribute them. Exceptions need the
permission of the copyright holders.
9 - This software may not be offered by third parties (for example
freeware/shareware sites) on the Internet on their own, i.e.
without the knowledge or consent of the copyright holders.
Doing so neglecting this rule means those persons take full
responsibility for the provision of the download. The author of
this software reserves the right to the sole dissemination to
other sources (for example: download portals).
Derived and non-derived images from external authors and websites
inherit the copyright license given by those authors on their websites.
Do not use anything provided with the BotE download without checking
its copyright license on the respective original author's website
beforehand. In case of doubt whether the image is from an external
author and in case of no explicit copyright information given to a
specific image in our release, please ask for copyright clarification
or search the author for yourself and do not use the picture until
copyright has been cleared for your intended use BEFORE reusing it for
example uploading it on a website. In this readme.txt, you will find
the internet addresses for all images (sometimes only for groups of
images, not each specific image file). Some images are Creative Commons
or even public domain so please check the given author's homepage for
the latest copyright details.
All graphics and multimedia contents are protected by their respective
copyright holders.
Parts of the Heyoun race skin menus feature design elements rebuilt
from scratch from artwork of the Star Trek Customizable Card Game
(ST-CCG) TM by Decipher, Inc.
No copyright infringement intended.
Some race images contain background artwork not done by the artists
themselves but edited by us without the artists' knowing. These
background images were googled on the web. Also, no copyright
infringement intended.
For playback of music and sound effects, the FMOD Sound System is
used in BotE.
FMOD Sound System, copyright Firelight Technologies Pty, Ltd.,
1994-2010
2004-2013 Sir Pustekuchen
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1.5 Terms of use
Neither copyright holders, nor someone else can be made
responsible for any damage to your system caused or possibly
caused by BotE. You are only allowed to use BotE, if you accept
this point and all other points mentioned in 1.4.
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1.6 Contact
Author: Sir Pustekuchen
Homepage: http://www.birth-of-the-empires.de