SpaceAge Release Legal Signoff

Updated: 2026-08-18

This is the human closure record for release-readiness check R05. Automated release hygiene proves that the repository inventory is complete, exact license texts are present, dependency evidence has not changed without review, and a public package cannot include a blocked embedded asset. It cannot prove that a person or company owns artwork, audio, trademarks, or commercial licenses.

Do not store account passwords, payment details, identity documents, or private contracts in this repository. Record a durable reference to secure evidence.

Shipping Entity

• Legal person or entity: NOT RECORDED
• Product owner authorized to approve distribution: NOT RECORDED
• Signoff date: NOT RECORDED

Commercial Framework Choices

• LEGAL-01 JUCE 8 commercial path confirmed for the shipping entity and distribution period. Secure evidence reference: NOT RECORDED
• LEGAL-02 Pinned JUCE version remains 8.0.8, or the dependency manifest and complete convergence evidence have been deliberately updated.
• LEGAL-03 Pinned JUCE 8.0.8 VST3 SDK proprietary-license path confirmed. Secure evidence reference: NOT RECORDED
• LEGAL-04 Any use of the VST name or logo follows Steinberg's trademark guidance.

SpaceAge's pinned JUCE 8.0.8 tree contains the pre-3.8 VST3 SDK license. The current VST3 SDK is MIT from version 3.8 onward, but that does not retroactively relicense the pinned SDK. A future JUCE/VST3 upgrade must be treated as a dependency change, not as paperwork-only cleanup.

First-Party Artwork

• LEGAL-05 Creator/rightsholder attestation explicitly covers all 46 embedded artwork files: Resources/startup_splash_01.png through Resources/startup_splash_45.png, and Resources/about.png.
• LEGAL-06 The attestation is bound to the 46 matching SHA-256 values recorded in Resources/ReleaseAssetClearance.json and names a durable evidence reference.
• LEGAL-07 The signer confirms ownership or commercial redistribution rights for every visible element and authorizes embedding and commercial distribution.
• Secure evidence reference: NOT RECORDED

TG55 Factory Wave Memories

Choose one auditable path before public packaging:

• TG55-A Original generator recovered and all tracked fingerprints reproduced; or
• TG55-B Creator statement confirms mathematical/noise-only generation with no third-party recordings, hardware ROM waves, or restricted inputs; or
• TG55-C All nine WAVs and the catalog are replaced by a newly tracked deterministic generator with auditable source and inputs.

Chosen path and evidence reference: NOT RECORDED

• Rightsholder or authorized licensor: NOT RECORDED
• Ownership/authority basis: NOT RECORDED
• Commercial embedding and distribution grant: NOT RECORDED
• Signer and signoff date: NOT RECORDED
• Generator revision, inputs, toolchain, and reproduction receipt (TG55-A/C): NOT RECORDED

Factory Presets

• LEGAL-08 docs/Factory_Preset_Provenance.md is complete and approved for the exact release-candidate preset collection.
• LEGAL-09 Any required preset-source attribution is included in the canonical third-party ledger and customer package.

Final Human Approval

• LEGAL-10 tools/test-release-hygiene.ps1 passes.
• LEGAL-11 tools/test-release-asset-clearance.ps1 reports zero blocked assets.
• LEGAL-12 A qualified human has reviewed this record and approved creation of a release candidate.

This record authorizes candidate creation, not public distribution. After the ZIP exists, complete the generated hash-bound archive attestation and run tools/test-release-archive-attestation.ps1 before publishing it.

Approval: NOT RECORDED