No Rights Reserved

No Rights Reserved

I believe that digital goods are infinitely replicable, and hoarding them makes no sense.

Most of the creative work on this website - code, art, music, and writing - is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).

What this means for you

You can:

  • Copy, modify, distribute, and perform the work;
  • Use it for commercial or non-commercial projects;
  • Not ask for permission;
  • Not give credit (though it is always appreciated!).

If something on this site helps you ship a game, paper, video, or any other project, good: go make something awesome.

Why?

Copyright often slows creativity instead of helping it. I would rather:

  • let people see the messy bits, not only the polished final export;
  • make it easy to learn by pulling projects apart;
  • give others a starting point instead of a locked box.

If I can write a program or draw an asset that is infinitely replicable, I would rather give it to everyone than keep it on a hard drive.

The boring but important part

Sometimes I build on things that already have their own licence; for example:

  • game engines, libraries or plugins;
  • fonts, textures, audio packs;
  • collaborative work where other people own part of the rights.

In those cases, their licences still apply to their parts.

For my own contributions:

  • assets and writing are CC0 whenever possible
  • code is usually MIT if CC0 is awkward, but the spirit stays the same – my part is as permissive as I can make it

If you are ever unsure about a specific project, you can treat my side of it as “take it and run with it”.

But for everything that is mine? It’s yours.

You do not need permission. You do not need to ask.

If something here sparks an idea – take it, break it, rebuild it, and make it completely yours.