Establish project licensing

Add MPL 2.0 license for source code and establish licensing framework for assets. Includes contributor certification requirements and clarifications about third-party dependencies and Bethesda intellectual property.
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ck: document test cell plan ck: document test cell plan
protocol: define transform packet protocol: define transform packet
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By submitting a contribution, you certify that you have the right to submit it
and agree that your contribution will be licensed under the licence applicable
to the files being modified.
Do not submit code copied or adapted from projects whose licences are
incompatible with the applicable Commonwealth Online licence.
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To be decided. ## Licensing
This project currently has no formal open-source license. Unless otherwise noted, original source code in this repository is licensed
Do not reuse, redistribute, or publish this code/assets until a license is selected. under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
This licence does not apply to game data, plugins created with the Fallout 4
Creation Kit, compiled archives, meshes, textures, materials, audio, branding,
screenshots, documentation specifically marked otherwise, or third-party
components. See `LICENSES/ASSETS.md` and `THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md`.
Fallout 4 Script Extender is a separately distributed dependency. Commonwealth
Online does not redistribute or provide modified versions of F4SE.
TiltedEvolution was consulted as a technical reference during research. No
TiltedEvolution source code is included in Commonwealth Online.
Fallout, Fallout 4, Bethesda Game Studios, Bethesda Softworks, ZeniMax and
related names and marks belong to their respective owners.
THIS MATERIAL IS NOT MADE, GUARANTEED OR SUPPORTED BY ZENIMAX OR ITS AFFILIATES.
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# Commonwealth Online Asset Notice
Unless otherwise identified, original non-code assets in this repository,
including branding, artwork, interface designs, meshes, textures, materials,
audio and promotional media, are Copyright © 2026 Commonwealth Online
contributors. All rights reserved.
No permission is granted to reuse, modify, extract, sell, sublicense or
redistribute these assets separately from an authorised Commonwealth Online
release.
Fallout-related game data and content may additionally be subject to the
Fallout 4 and Creation Kit terms imposed by ZeniMax Media Inc. and its
affiliates.