License

This project uses different licenses for different components. Please read carefully to understand what you can and cannot do.

cc-toolbox (MIT License)

The cc-toolbox library is open source and licensed under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2024-2026 Carsten Nichte

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

In short: You can use, modify, and distribute the cc-toolbox library for any purpose, including commercial projects.

Art.Works! Studio & Collab Server (Proprietary)

Art.Works! Studio and Collab Server are proprietary software.

© 2024-2026 Carsten Nichte. All Rights Reserved.

You may

• Use the software for personal and commercial artwork creation
• Use the software to create and sell your own artworks

You may NOT

• Copy, modify, or distribute the software
• Reverse engineer or decompile the software
• Remove or alter copyright notices
• Sublicense or resell the software

Pricing

• Personal use: Free
• Commercial use: Contact for licensing

For licensing inquiries, visit carsten-nichte.de

Assets License (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Example artworks, demo renders, screenshots and illustrations included in this repository are licensed under:

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

You are free to

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

Under the following terms

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
• NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.

In short: You can use the example assets for learning and non-commercial projects, but please credit the source.

Artworks License (All Rights Reserved)

All finished artworks, creative works, renders, prints, animations, and visual outputs created by Carsten Nichte are protected by copyright.

© 2024-2026 Carsten Nichte. All Rights Reserved.

You may NOT

• Reproduce or copy these works
• Distribute or share these works
• Create derivative works
• Use these works for commercial purposes
• Use these works in any project without explicit permission

Licensing Inquiries

For licensing, exhibition, or usage requests, please contact:

• Website: carsten-nichte.de

In short: Carsten's finished artworks are not free to use. Contact him for licensing.

What about YOUR artworks?

Important: Artworks that YOU create using this software belong to YOU!

You can license them however you want - commercially, non-commercially, open source, or keep them private. The choice is yours.

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