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+# Unofficial Fan Project Policy
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+## Status
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+ProjectCapture is an **unofficial, open-source and non-commercial Pokémon fan project for Hytale**. It is independently developed and is not endorsed by Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., Hypixel Studios or Hytale.
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+The source repository may be public. Source code authored for ProjectCapture is offered under MPL-2.0. This license does not grant any rights to Pokémon, Hytale or other third-party names, characters, designs, game files, trademarks or copyrights.
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+## Content rules
+
+- ProjectCapture code, content definitions and production files must be authored for this project.
+- Cobblemon or other mods may be studied at the product level, but their code, models, textures, animations, sounds and data are not copied.
+- Hytale server JARs, `Assets.zip`, extracted base assets and launcher/live-world data are never committed or distributed.
+- No reverse engineering or decompilation is part of the workflow; only official public APIs, Maven artifacts and documentation are used.
+- Pokémon music, recordings and ripped game assets are not included. New models, textures, animations, UI and placeholder audio are produced for ProjectCapture.
+- The project remains non-commercial. No sales, paid access, loot boxes or paid random capture mechanics are allowed.
+
+## Release gate
+
+Before any tagged build or public binary is uploaded, a maintainer must complete `release-review.json` from the checked-in example and confirm:
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+1. the current Hytale EULA, community guidelines and mod-distribution rules were reviewed;
+2. third-party ownership and non-affiliation notices are present;
+3. no Hytale game files, secrets, copied mod files or ripped Pokémon assets are packaged;
+4. the build remains non-commercial and is clearly described as unofficial;
+5. schema, engine, asset and in-game smoke checks pass.
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+This gate is a project safeguard, not a legal determination or a promise that a platform owner will accept a release.