Schimke Studios Shader License

Version 1.0 (October 2026)

Licensor: David Schimke, doing business as Schimke Studios ("we", "us")
Contact: support@schimkestudios.com · schimkestudios.com

Copyright (c) 2026 David Schimke / Schimke Studios. All rights reserved.

By buying, downloading, or using this shader or shader pack (the "Files"), you agree to these terms.

1. What you're buying

You are buying a license to use the Files, not ownership of them. We keep all copyright and other rights in the Files.

2. Who the license covers

One purchase covers one licensee: either you as an individual, or the one company or organization you buy for. The licensee's employees and contractors may use the Files, but only to work on the licensee's own projects or its client projects. Each separate company that wants to use the Files itself needs its own license.

3. What you may do

Once you've paid, you get a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive license to:

  1. Use the Files in unlimited personal and commercial projects.
  2. Use them in client work, for as many clients as you like.
  3. Modify them however you like.
  4. Include them, original or modified, inside an "End Product" and distribute, sell, or publish that End Product. An End Product is a website, app, game, video, animation, presentation, installation, or similar project that you make and that adds substantial content or function beyond the Files themselves.
  5. Ship the shader code inside an End Product in whatever form the End Product needs: compiled, minified, bundled, embedded in a page, or rendered to video. Code that a visitor's browser can see because the End Product runs it is fine.

Your clients and end users may use the End Products you give them. They don't need their own license unless they want to use the Files on their own, outside that End Product.

4. What you may not do

  1. Resell, redistribute, sublicense, share, upload, or give away the Files, original or modified, on their own. This includes posting them in a public repository, forum, or file-sharing site.
  2. Distribute the Files, original or modified, as part of a product where the shader itself is what's being offered. Examples: an asset pack, shader or effect library, template, theme, plugin, page-builder layout or section pack (for example, Divi layouts), UI kit, or stock item that is sold or given to more than one end customer.
  3. Make the source files available for others to download or extract as separate files, for example as a "source code" download that comes with your End Product.
  4. Claim that you made the Files, or remove any copyright or license notice we include in the Files.
  5. Use our name or logo to suggest we endorse you or your product.

5. Third-party components

If any File includes a third-party component, it will be identified in a THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES file or in the source code. That component stays under its own license, and its license and copyright notices must stay with it. Nothing in this license limits your rights under that component's license. This license covers only Schimke Studios' own work.

6. No warranty

The Files are provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Performance depends on the viewer's browser, device, and GPU. Test the Files in your own project before you rely on them.

7. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we aren't liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for lost profits, data, or business, arising from use of the Files or from being unable to use them. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid for the Files.

8. Ending this license

This license ends automatically if you break these terms, or if your payment is refunded or charged back. When it ends, you must stop using the Files and delete all copies. End Products you already released while following this license may stay available, unless the breach involves that End Product.

9. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Disputes will be handled in the state or federal courts located in Wisconsin, unless the law where you live requires otherwise.

10. Entire terms

This license and our store Terms and Conditions are the whole agreement for the Files. If they conflict, this license controls for the Files. A larger or different license (for example, permission to include the Files in a template or asset product) must be agreed in writing.