Commercial Use Licence - Updated January 2nd 2023

Edit as of 07/02/2021: Added #7 to Restrictions on Use

Edit as of 26/01/2021: Added section titled Notification of Use

Edit as of 02/01/2023: Added section titled NFTs and AI Art

Edit as of 12/03/2023: Fixed typos

Using the Battlemaps in Commercial Products

The commercial licence is available to all of our active patrons.

We define our 'battlemaps' as any of the top-down tactical map images we release on this patreon to our patrons.

To use our battlemaps in your adventures, supplements, modules, or other published materials you must use a watermarked version of our battlemaps.

Our watermark is available in the attachments of this post, one in black and one in white.

The watermark should be placed in the bottom right corner and should be sized at least one-quarter the width of the battlemap.

These battlemaps are for reference only within the text and the non-watermarked battlemaps themselves are not for distribution alongside the product unless specifically granted permission by us.

See below for watermarked examples:

Attribution

If you use any of our battlemaps for any commercial reason, we require that you include both of the following:

- Our name in the credits as a cartographer or under some other relevant title (“Cartography by Cze and Peku” or "Battlemaps by Czepeku") with a link to "patreon.com/czepeku"

- A link to "patreon.com/czepeku" beneath or beside the battlemap or in another prominent location near the battlemap.

If your battlemap is being posted online in a digital marketplace, this attribution must be in the description section.

See below for 2 good examples of attribution:

Applicable Artwork

All of the battlemaps provided on the Czepeku Patreon are available for commercial use, except for any battlemap made in collaboration with another artist.

The following is an exhaustive list of those battlemaps excluded from the commercial use licence:

Lease-a-Lair

Shards of the Storm

Lair of the Beholder God

Island Fort

Tarrasque

The Mechanical Palace

Map Remix Contest Pack 1

Map Remix Contest Pack 2

The commercial use licence only includes Czepeku Battlemaps. All of our other illustrative works are exempt from the licence (illustrations, props, assets, tokens, etc.).

Restrictions on Use

The battlemaps are available only for use within other publications, for example: adventures, modules, world building and character supplements, etc. the battlemaps themselves are not available for rehosting or resale as standalone items.

In addition:

1. You may not recolour, resize to alter proportions, modify, adapt, or disassemble the battlemaps in a way that distorts the original. The exception to this is: we allow you to desaturate the battlemaps for greyscale/black and white publications.

2. You may not use our battlemaps as the basis for any other physical or digital merchandise or promotional items, such as but not limited to t-shirts, greeting cards, mugs, posters, prints, etc.

3. You cannot use the battlemaps (in whole or in part) as a trademark, service mark, logo, or other indication of origin, or as part thereof, or to otherwise endorse or imply the endorsement of any goods and/or services.

4. You are not authorized to sub-license, sell, or lease the battlemaps, nor may you temporarily or permanently transfer your rights under this agreement to a third party. This includes displaying the battlemaps in any format for download on a website, offering the battlemaps for sale, or otherwise for distribution and/or sale to third parties.

5. Use of the battlemaps in a way that can be considered generally offensive, obscene or immoral is strictly prohibited. This means the battlemaps are not available within any material that promotes racism, homophobia, transphobia or bigotry of any kind.

6. Use of the battlemaps in such a way that it appears Cze and Peku endorse your product.

7. There should be at least an estimated 1000 words per battlemap used.

NFTs and AI Art

As individuals and as a company we are 100% against the idea of NFTs and AI 'art'. None of our art (battlemaps, tokens, etc.) whatsoever are to be used in the minting of NFTs or training of AI art. Nor to be used in any product or by any company that also uses NFTs or AI art in any of their other products or actively supports their use in any way.

NFTs are used as a scam to swindle desperate people in a hostile economy out of their money. They are a 'get rich quick' scheme that hurts the vast majority of individuals who buy them and should not be encouraged as a form of investing. AI 'art' is trained off of human artists without their consent or knowledge for the sole purpose of putting them out of work by companies who don't want to support artists by paying them for their time and skill.

We wholeheartedly support people and their desire to create beautiful things. We will never support technologies that exist solely to harm individuals and communities.

Exceptions for Streaming

If you plan to use our battlemaps in a video, stream or podcast, on Twitch, Youtube or similar video platforms, you do not need to obtain this licence and you may use the non-watermarked versions of the battlemaps on your streams. Furthermore, you do not need to notify us of your stream, but you may do so on our Discord.

If you are using our battlemaps for streaming purposes we expect the rules under Attribution to still be adhered to (a link to our Patreon and credit in the video description section).

We also expect you to be a patron of the tier of battlemaps you're using whilst streaming the battlemaps. For example, if you are using our $5 tier battlemaps on your stream, we expect you to be a $5 patron whilst your video content is online.

Further Use Requests

If you would like to use the non-watermarked versions of the battlemaps in your commercial products or to print the full-resolution battlemaps alongside your commercial products (for instance for a kickstarter project) you must contact us directly and seek explicit permission.

We will only offer this on a case-by-case basis and expect either a flat sum offer or profit share offer in the email.

We will not provide the battlemaps for exclusive use under any circumstance.

Commission Requests

We do not take commission requests. If you have a battlemap idea you'd like us to create, please suggest them on our polls!

Contact

If you have any questions, please address them to: support@czepeku.com