Open Almond Studios · Licensing & Creator Permissions
The licensing structure is deliberately simple: open rules, optional compatibility branding, protected game-line worlds, and direct agreements for everything else.
Choose by what you are using
A project can use more than one path, but each permission stays in its own lane. CC BY controls designated IE-SRD Content. PBI controls compatibility branding. CGL controls defined uses of proprietary game-line material. A separate agreement covers only what those public permissions do not.
Open rules content
IE-SRD · CC BY 4.0
I want to use the engine in my own game.
Use material expressly designated as IE-SRD Content under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. Attribution is required; an application is not.
How it fits together
Think of the architecture as layers, not competing licenses. Start with the material you are actually using and add another layer only when the project needs it.
Foundation
IE-SRD · CC BY 4.0
Reusable rules content. Attribution required.
Optional brand layer
Powered by Integrity
Terms + qualification standard + Creator Kit.
Proprietary IP layer
Covenant Gaming License
Community/media permissions for covered game-line material.
Only when needed
Separate Agreement
Commercial derivatives, reserved assets, publication relationships, adaptations, and negotiated rights.
Open-access copy tools
IE-SRD / CC BY attribution and the IE Action Symbols font credit remain public because neither requires creator-program approval. Powered by Integrity and commercial CGL copy-ready notices are issued inside the approved project record that authorizes their use.
IE-SRD / CC BY 4.0
Required whenever designated IE-SRD Content is reproduced or adapted.
Required IE-SRD attribution
CC BY attribution is mandatory. Powered by Integrity is not.
This work is based on the Integrity Engine System Reference Document (IE-SRD) [SRD version], published by Open Almond Studios, LLC; designed and written by Benjamin J. Schmidt, with editing and additional contributors identified in the official IE-SRD credits; and licensed for use under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: [official IE-SRD URL]. If applicable: This work contains modified Integrity Engine System Reference Document (IE-SRD) Content.
Controlled creator programs
PBI and CGL policies, standards, eligibility guidance, do/don't rules, and FAQs are public. Copy-ready PBI/commercial-CGL notices, PBI badge files, Creator Kit files, and official game-line resources are issued through approved project records. The IE-SRD attribution tools and Action Symbols font remain open-access resources.
Creator assets
The IE Action Symbols font remains a public production asset under its package permission. Powered by Integrity and commercial CGL production assets are not exposed from the public Licensing Hub; approved projects receive them inside Creator Programs.
Official glyph font and reference package for Integrity Engine action symbols and tracking marks. Its README supplies the controlling asset permission and required artist credit.
Tell us what you want to make, whether it is commercial, and which Open Almond Studios material you want to use.
Optional compatibility identity
PBI
I want the official compatibility badge.
Read the PBI Terms, Compatibility Standard, Integrity Clause, usage rules, and FAQs publicly. Copy-ready publication notices and Creator Kit files are issued only to an approved project.
Game-line community permission
CGL v2.0
I want to make fan content or media for an Open Almond Studios game line.
The CGL remains public for defined fan content, actual play, ministry, reviews, and tutorials. Commercial derivative projects and official game-line creator resources require project approval.
Project-specific rights
Direct permission
I need something the public permissions do not grant.
Use a direct written agreement when a project needs rights beyond CC BY, PBI approval, or the commercial CGL project pathway—for example major adaptations, co-publishing, unusual reserved assets, distribution relationships, or custom terms.
Publish an original tabletop RPG using IE-SRD rules content
IE-SRD · CC BY 4.0
IE Action Symbols font
Separate public asset permission; not part of the CC BY grant or PBI badge license.
Required font credit
The IE Action Symbols font and glyph artwork are © 2026 Open Almond Studios, LLC and are used with permission. Glyph artwork created by Benjamin J. Schmidt.
Controlled production resources
The public pages teach the programs. They do not expose production badge files, Creator Kit archives, commercial CGL publication templates, or separately authorized game-line logo resources. Those appear inside the approved project workspace for the publication that may use them.