Len'en Wiki:Copyrights
Spirit of content licensing of Len'en Wiki
In general, as a wiki, we follow the same spirit of licensing as the Wikimedia Foundation.
Content licensing
Text content of Len'en Wiki is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license, a.k.a. CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Creative Commons Deed
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You are free:
Under the following conditions:
With the understanding that:
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Copyright status/Terms of Use of the Len'en Project
Official Guidelines
The following is a transcript taken directly from JynX's website.
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当サークル著作物の配信規約について |
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当サークルの著作権と二次創作について |
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二次創作における禁止事項 |
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あとがき |
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固有名詞の中国語表記 |
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Interviews
JynX was asked about the copyright of the Len'en Project on Interview with JynX (2015). Their given answer was this:
Since Len'en itself is my way of paying respect to the Touhou Project,
there are no hard restrictions on fanworks, game footage etc.
Basically, what's OK for derivative works of Touhou is OK for derivative works of Len'en, and same thing with what's a no-go.
For further details, please refer to the guidelines for derivative works of Touhou.
( http://www.geocities.co.jp/Playtown-Yoyo/1736/t-081.html ), (English translation)
If Len'en fanworks are mindful of the things mentioned in there, then they're fine.
Their games are of course free to download, so to use information, upload images, etc., is presumably allowed. Regarding the endings, JynX was asked about them in Interview with JynX (2017), and they stated this:
I don't intend to ban it, but I'd appreciate it if you would refrain from posting videos of them online.
(Because, if you can, I'd prefer you to play the game and see them that way).
In regards to spoilers, I understand that there may be people who might not want to be spoiled,
so you're also free to consider that, too.
Generally, my official standard is to refrain from discussing things including spoilers until at least 1 month after the game has been released. That's how I'd like to operate from now on.
As such, posting ending dialogues on the wiki is fine as long as they are hidden away to prevent spoilers. However, when it comes to discussions, JynX prefers it if endings were kept secret for the first month after a game's initial full release.
Distribution of Content
Most Len'en games are free to download and distribute. However, the album A World Outside Fantasy is an exception: while text-data is allowed to be distributed freely, audio data is not.[1] This also applies to JynX's PC-98 album arrangements, as well as Pixiv FANBOX's Donors-Only Articles (text data, again, is still fine).
Touhou Project
If by any chance Touhou content is added to this wiki, please see Touhou Wiki:Copyrights provided by ZUN.