GPUParticleRender - Lizenz und Hinweise / License and notices
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Copyright (c) 2026 Marcus Bernert

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DEUTSCH
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1. Nutzung
   GPUParticleRender ist kostenlose Software (Freeware). Jeder darf das Plugin
   privat und gewerblich nutzen. Mit dem Plugin erzeugte Bilder und Sequenzen
   gehoeren dem jeweiligen Nutzer und duerfen ohne Einschraenkung verwendet
   werden.

2. Weitergabe
   Das Plugin darf nur unveraendert, vollstaendig (mit allen Dateien dieses
   Ordners) und kostenlos weitergegeben werden. Ein Verkauf oder die Weitergabe
   gegen Entgelt ist nicht erlaubt.

3. Gewaehrleistung und Haftung
   Das Plugin wird ohne Gewaehr bereitgestellt, so wie es ist. Es gibt keine
   Zusicherung, dass es fehlerfrei laeuft oder fuer einen bestimmten Zweck
   geeignet ist. Der Autor haftet nur fuer Vorsatz und grobe Fahrlaessigkeit.
   Zwingende gesetzliche Haftung, etwa nach dem Produkthaftungsgesetz, bleibt
   unberuehrt. Sichern Sie Ihre Szenen vor der Nutzung.

4. Datenschutz
   Das Plugin sendet keine Daten und baut keine Netzwerkverbindungen auf.

5. Entstehung
   Der Programmcode wurde mit Unterstuetzung der KI Claude (Anthropic) erstellt.

6. Marken
   Cinema 4D und Thinking Particles sind Marken der Maxon Computer GmbH.
   X-Particles ist eine Marke von INSYDIUM LTD. NVIDIA und CUDA sind Marken der
   NVIDIA Corporation. Krakatoa ist eine Marke von Amazon/AWS Thinkbox.
   Alle Marken gehoeren ihren jeweiligen Inhabern. GPUParticleRender ist ein
   unabhaengiges Projekt und steht in keiner Verbindung zu diesen Firmen und
   wird von ihnen weder unterstuetzt noch empfohlen.

7. Enthaltene Fremdsoftware
   Siehe Abschnitt "THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS" unten.

Bei Abweichungen zwischen deutscher und englischer Fassung gilt die deutsche.

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ENGLISH
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1. Use
   GPUParticleRender is free software (freeware). Anyone may use the plugin for
   private and commercial purposes. Images and sequences created with the
   plugin belong to the respective user and may be used without restriction.

2. Redistribution
   The plugin may only be passed on unmodified, complete (with all files of
   this folder) and free of charge. Selling it or passing it on for a fee is
   not permitted.

3. Warranty and liability
   The plugin is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, including
   fitness for a particular purpose or error-free operation. The author is
   liable only for intent and gross negligence. Mandatory statutory liability,
   e.g. under product liability law, remains unaffected. Back up your scenes
   before use.

4. Privacy
   The plugin does not send any data and does not open network connections.

5. Origin
   The program code was created with the assistance of the AI Claude (Anthropic).

6. Trademarks
   Cinema 4D and Thinking Particles are trademarks of Maxon Computer GmbH.
   X-Particles is a trademark of INSYDIUM LTD. NVIDIA and CUDA are trademarks of
   NVIDIA Corporation. Krakatoa is a trademark of Amazon/AWS Thinkbox.
   All trademarks belong to their respective owners. GPUParticleRender is an
   independent project; it is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by
   these companies.

7. Third-party components
   See section "THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS" below.

In case of differences between the German and English version, the German
version prevails.

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THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS
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a) NVIDIA CUDA Runtime
   particlegpu.dll contains the NVIDIA CUDA Runtime (statically linked),
   redistributed under the NVIDIA CUDA Toolkit End User License Agreement:
   https://docs.nvidia.com/cuda/eula/
   Copyright (c) NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved.

b) Maxon Cinema 4D SDK
   GPUParticleRender.xdl64 is built with the Cinema 4D C++ SDK.
   Cinema 4D SDK (c) Maxon Computer GmbH. All rights reserved.

c) stb_image_write.h v1.16 (PNG writer)
   by Sean Barrett, http://nothings.org/stb
   Used under ALTERNATIVE B (public domain). License text of the component:

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This software is available under 2 licenses -- choose whichever you prefer.
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ALTERNATIVE A - MIT License
Copyright (c) 2017 Sean Barrett
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
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ALTERNATIVE B - Public Domain (www.unlicense.org)
This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this
software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose,
commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this
software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public
domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to
the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an
overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to
this software under copyright law.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
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