Laelith Open Licence

Laelith Intellectual Property

The Laelith Intellectual Property (“Laelith IP”) is released under an open licence, allowing you to use, modify, and share the material for both personal and commercial purposes.The Laelith IP is available under the CC-BY 4.0 license.

The Laelith IP is everything related to Laelith that was not individually copyrighted by an author.

Laelith Trademark Usage Guidelines

The LAELITH trademark is owned by the association Les bâtisseurs de Laelith (“The Laelith Builders” or “the Association”); in all text that follows, the word Association refers to the association Les bâtisseurs de Laelith; the LAELITH trademark may be used under the following conditions:

✓ AUTOMATIC APPROVAL (no permission needed):

  • Nominative references (“compatible with Laelith,” “based on Laelith,” “for use with Laelith”)
  • Academic/critical discussion
  • News reporting
  • Commentary and reviews

✓ CONDITIONAL APPROVAL (requires compliance):

Prominent use in derivative works (e.g., “Laelith: [Your Title]” or “[Title]: A Laelith Adventure”) is permitted if you:

1. ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS:

  • Clearly credit the original Laelith creators: [list names or “The Laelith Authors”]
  • Include statement: “Laelith is a registered trademark of The Laelith Builders. This work is independently created under the Laelith Trademark Usage Guidelines described at https://laelith.org/licence.”
  • Link to the authors on the Open Licence website: https://laelith.org/authors
  • If adapting specific Laelith content, credit those specific authors

For your convienience, you may use the legal notice template provided at the bottom.

2. QUALITY STANDARDS:

  • Work must be substantially complete (not abandoned/unfinished projects using the mark)
  • Professional presentation appropriate to medium (doesn’t need to be high-budget, but should show care)
  • Functional if interactive (games/software must work as described)
  • Accurate description (doesn’t misrepresent content or scope)

3. CLARITY OF RELATIONSHIP:

  • Must NOT suggest official endorsement by the Association unless explicitly granted
  • Must NOT claim to be “official Laelith” content unless approved by the Association
  • Recommended language: “This is an independent work by [creator] and is not officially endorsed by the Association”

4. COMMUNITY STANDARDS:

  • Must respect the spirit and community values of Laelith
  • Must not misrepresent or distort the core concepts of the Laelith IP
  • Must comply with applicable laws in jurisdiction of publication

✓ OPTIONAL CERTIFICATION:

The Association offers a “Laelith Community Certified” badge for works that:

  • Meet all requirements above
  • Undergo voluntary review by the Association
  • Demonstrate exceptional quality or contribution to the community
  • Application process: on the Laelith Discord server at https://discord.gg/ndGP6EwwK2

Benefits of certification:

  • Use of official “Laelith Community Certified” badge
  • Listing in the Association’s directory of approved works
  • Promotional support through the Association’s channels

✗ PROHIBITED USES:

  • Variations confusingly similar to LAELITH (e.g., “Laeleth,” “Laylith”)
  • Suggesting official status without the Association’s approval
  • Domain names using LAELITH as primary term (except fan sites clearly identified as unofficial)
  • Uses that violate applicable laws
  • Deliberately poor-quality works intended to damage the reputation of the mark
  • Use in ways that contradict the Association’s charitable/educational mission

ENFORCEMENT:

The Association monitors trademark use to maintain quality and proper attribution:

  • First instance of non-compliance: friendly notice with 30 days to cure
  • Second instance of non-compliance: formal notice with 30 days to cure
  • Third instance of non-compliance: legal action

For convenience, you may copy/paste the following text for your legal notices in standard cases (no specific reuse of content covered by individual copyright and no official certification):

Laelith is a collective work written by the Laelith Authors credited at https://laelith.org/authors. Its use is governed by the Laelith Open Licence at https://laelith.org/licence.
Laelith is a registered trademark of Les bâtisseurs de Laelith. This work is independently created under the Laelith Trademark Usage Guidelines described at https://laelith.org/licence.
This work is not officially certified.