Character Forge - AI Image Generation Platform
Copyright (C) 2025 Gregor Hubert, Max Koch "cronos3k" (GK -/a/- ghmk.de)

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

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IMPORTANT: License for Generated Content

While this SOFTWARE is licensed under GNU AGPL v3, the OUTPUTS you create
with this software (images, character sheets, compositions) belong to YOU
and are NOT covered by the AGPL license.

You are free to:
- Use generated images for any purpose (personal or commercial)
- Sell your generated artwork
- Use characters in games, animations, or other projects
- Keep your generated content private or share it

The AGPL only applies to the software code itself, not your creative outputs.

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COMMERCIAL USE RESTRICTIONS

The GNU AGPL v3 license means:

✓ FREE to use personally or for education
✓ FREE to modify and improve
✓ Your generated images/characters are YOURS to use commercially

✗ If you integrate this software into a commercial product or service,
  you MUST release your entire codebase under AGPL v3
✗ You cannot create a proprietary/closed-source product using this code
✗ If you run this as a network service, you must provide source code

This prevents companies from taking this free software and building
commercial platforms without contributing back to the community.

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THIRD-PARTY DEPENDENCIES

This project uses the following third-party software:

- Streamlit (Apache License 2.0)
  Copyright (c) Streamlit Inc.
  https://github.com/streamlit/streamlit

- google-generativeai (Apache License 2.0)
  Copyright (c) Google LLC
  https://github.com/google/generative-ai-python

- Pillow (PIL License)
  Copyright (c) 1997-2011 by Secret Labs AB
  Copyright (c) 1995-2011 by Fredrik Lundh
  https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow

- Gradio (Apache License 2.0)
  Copyright (c) Gradio
  https://github.com/gradio-app/gradio

Each dependency retains its original license. See individual packages
for their specific terms.

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CONTACT

For questions about licensing or commercial use:
- Authors: Gregor Hubert, Max Koch "cronos3k" (GK -/a/- ghmk.de)
- Project: https://github.com/yourusername/character-forge

For commercial licensing inquiries or exceptions to AGPL terms,
please contact the authors.

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