License

Phalanx is designed to be an open system. We encourage the community to build, fork, and implement their own versions of the rules and engine.

Code License

The code for the Phalanx rules engine, server, and client is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPL v3).

The AGPL grants you the freedom to:

• Use the software for any purpose.
• Modify the software to suit your needs.
• Share the software and its changes.
• Important: If you run a modified version of this software on a server and let the public access it, you must make your source code available to those users.

A copy of the full license text is available in the main code repository.

Design Assets & Media

The creative assets, high-fidelity tutorials, and branding media are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).

Open Implementations

We strongly encourage open implementations and community adaptations of the Phalanx tactical system. Whether you are building a new digital client, a tabletop tool, or a rules expansion, the open nature of the engine ensures you have the freedom to innovate.

Trademarks

Please note that while the code is open under the GPL, the Phalanx trademarks are separate and are not granted under the GPL license.

Trademarks associated with the project include:

• Phalanx
• Phalanx: Duel
• Phalanx: Arena
• Phalanx: Siege
• Official Phalanx Ranked

For detailed information on trademark usage, please see our Trademarks page.

The canonical trademark policy and any updates live at: https://phalanxduel.com/trademarks