# Dependencies and provenance — public Cell playtest

Original project code is GPL-3.0-or-later. Copyright remains with its authors.
Corresponding sources for the distributed Windows client are offered at
https://coopmeld.com/spore/ alongside the installer. Hosted server implementations
and operator tools are not part of the distributed client or its source archive.
Build instructions: docs/PUBLIC-BUILD.md inside Sources.zip.

- Spore ModAPI SDK/core: https://github.com/Spore-Community/Spore-ModAPI,
  cbf9206b9a823f0911cd9be0217104a49d72380b, GPL-3.0-or-later, Eric Mor and contributors.
  The public core is rebuilt for March 2017 (executable type 2), SDK build 568,
  using MIT Detours 4.0.1. Full SDK/core sources and notices are in Sources.zip.
- Microsoft Detours 4.0.1: https://github.com/microsoft/Detours,
  e4bfd6b03e50de46b47abfbd1e46b384f0c5f833, MIT. Used throughout public binaries;
  the SDK's old Detours 3 is excluded. See licenses/Detours-MIT.txt.
- Spore ModAPI Launcher Kit: https://github.com/Spore-Community/ModAPI-Launcher-Kit,
  inspected revision 26adca9a2578b5bb32ba2eac90d96bd9ac7d48a9. Bootstrap allocator
  initialization/teardown hooks and addresses adapted under MIT; notice retained
  in licenses/LauncherKit-MIT.txt. This is not the official Launcher Kit.
- EASTL 3.02.01 and EA support libraries are bundled with the SDK. See
  licenses/EASTL-BSD.txt, EASTL's 3RDPARTYLICENSES.TXT and original per-file notices.
- LZ4 1.10.0: https://github.com/lz4/lz4/tree/v1.10.0/lib, unmodified lz4.c/h,
  BSD-2-Clause. Source and licence in vendor/lz4.
- Microsoft Visual C++ runtime: app-local x86 redistributable DLLs from Visual
  Studio 2022. Microsoft software, not covered by the project's GPL licence.
  Compiler and SDK tools are not redistributed.
- Spore artwork belongs to the respective rightsholders. See
  launcher/assets/SOURCES.md. It is not original mod code and no EA/Maxis
  endorsement is claimed.

No original Spore executables or resource packages are distributed. You need
an independently installed, compatible copy of the game.