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 With this repository we try to create a place to share tilesets for the rC3 world. We provide some "official" rC3 styled tiles for your map, as well as tilesets provided by the community.
 
+## License
+
+If not noted otherwise, all files within this repository are licensed under cc0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.de). Feel free to use and modify them as you want.
+
+### not covered by this license
+
+The following parts of this repository are not covered by this license:
+
+* tools/textGenerator/PressStart2P-Regular.ttf (License can be found in tools/textGenerator/PressStart2P-Regular.license)
+* community/* (Respositories under this folder may have their own license, see the corresponding repository for more information)
+
+
 ## Usage
 
 ### functions tilesets