There are literally hundreds of short, bad, or incomplete RPG Maker games that use Square sprites, but the only projects ever to get actual nastygrams are the ones that sparked a lot of interest by either a) looking better than the original, or b) providing a lot of new content. Square Enix only really releases the hounds when it looks like someone is going to be successful with a major project. Most RPG Maker games don't really get anywhere, and the ones that do are usually ones made by legit indie devs who actually pay attention to licensing. People don't get sued over this stuff becuase from the perspective of a large game company, it's really not worth the time and money. (For the record, I don't want to sound like I'm saying that I think all RPG Maker content is this way rather, it's just that there's enough of it that using it can be risky.) If they have no license attached to them, at best they're legally the author's copyrighted work and you can't use them without permission, and at worst, they are ripped graphics that are already being used without permission. As a general rule, it's wise to avoid RPG Maker graphics unless you're certain that you know their exact origin. Honestly, the RPG Maker community tends to play fast and loose with licensing. Something you may not know is that there are different RTP's for different versions of RPG maker, which is why you may see something that seems like a different style but is still RTP. Unfortunately, most artwork you'll find that is made for RM is an edit in some way of the RTP. Just because it's made to work with RM does not make it bound by their licence. Now, if I made a set of artwork for RPG Maker that was completely from scratch it would be bound only by whatever licence I decided it should be under. There's ReStaff releases where the staff and some generous forum members put together art for RPG Maker, and that is understood to be the same licence as the RTP with a non commercial limitation unless otherwise stated, and then there's Members+ where the staff releases artwork under the RTP licence with no commercial limitation. You can also get artwork for RPG Maker at the forums. It's a more restrictive licence than the RTP, edits are allowed only for making your game and cannot be distributed anywhere but in the actual game. If you buy one of these resource packs they come with a very clear EULA. Some art is available on the website and sold as art or music packages, some of these can be bought as a 'Non-RM Licence' which means they can be used in other things besides Enterbrain's products. The one for Ace is under the second header at this link: If you read 'artwork' everywhere it says 'software' it becomes pretty clear what they mean. The Run Time Package is the name for the art assets that come with RPG Maker. What you're looking for is the licence or EULA for the RTP, not RPG maker.

I want to see the proof in the pudding, someone please show me the legal documentation that this is true! I want to use them but I've been told it's not legally possible. This is something that has been bothering me greatly for some time because I see RPG Maker graphics everywhere that people other than Enterbrain have made. Specifically I want to know where Enterbrain doesn't allow assets made for RPG Maker (not made by Enterbrain) are bound by the same license as RPG Maker graphics.

These are the links I've found with anything related to legal instructions: I've read a lot about how Enterbrain requires one thing or another, or they don't allow you to use graphics in certain ways, or they charge money for different license needs, etc, but I can't find any actual license information besides the EULA on their website. I want to read them and discern what they actually say for myself. I've been searching around trying to figure out where the various RPG Maker licenses are.

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