1. Limited license
Subject to this EULA, you receive a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use project-authored software components for personal, non-commercial hobby use with a compatible base game that you are legally entitled to use.
2. Base game is not supplied or licensed
The project does not grant you a license to a commercial Pokémon game. A patch is intended to contain transformation data and project-authored changes, not to act as a substitute for obtaining a lawful copy of required base software.
You are responsible for the legality of your base game, backups, emulator, flashcart and resulting patched file.
3. Restrictions
You may not use project-authored files to operate a paid ROM-download service; sell or rent patched commercial ROMs; bundle a commercial base ROM with the project; misrepresent the project as official; remove attribution or legal notices in a misleading way; or use the project to infringe third-party rights.
This clause does not prohibit rights that applicable law expressly gives you and does not override valid open-source or third-party licenses covering particular components.
4. Ownership
Project contributors retain rights in original code, text, website components, tools and original assets they created, subject to any applicable contribution or open-source license. Third-party intellectual property remains owned by its respective rights holder. No trademark ownership is claimed merely because a mark is referenced for descriptive fan-project purposes.
5. Development software
Internal candidates, previews and test builds may be incomplete. A version marked “static validated” is not necessarily runtime-validated or approved for original hardware. Version labels on the website are intended to make that distinction visible.
6. Warranty disclaimer
To the fullest extent permitted by law, licensed project components are provided “as is” without warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, uninterrupted operation or compatibility. Nothing here limits warranties or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded.
7. Save and hardware safety
Back up saves and important files. You accept the ordinary technical risk associated with applying binary patches, using emulators, testing flashcarts and running hobby software on original hardware.
8. Termination
This license ends automatically if you materially breach its conditions. Termination does not affect third-party rights or obligations that already exist. You may stop using and delete project files at any time.
9. Other terms
The Terms of Use, IP & Takedown Policy and mandatory applicable law also apply. Questions may be sent to lega@pokemondefinitive.com.