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ADR-0005 — CryEngine license boundary

Status: Accepted Date: 2026-09-22

Context

CryEngine is a useful architectural and rendering reference. Its license is not the MIT license of the community patch repository.

Decision

CryEngine source, shaders, and proprietary formats are out of Zone A and out of the default build. Public docs may inform clean-room specifications. See docs/legal/CRYENGINE_BOUNDARY.md and docs/legal/CLEAN_ROOM_GUIDELINES.md.

A Zone B adapter that links CryEngine would require a new ADR and a license the human lead accepts. It must be optional.

Alternatives Considered

  • Import the community edition because its patch files are MIT. Rejected. The engine underneath is not MIT.
  • Ban reading public CryEngine documentation. Rejected. Reference study is allowed. Copying is not.

Consequences

Code review rejects CryEngine pastes. Agents say so in the handoff if they have been exposed to restricted source.

Supersedes

Nothing.

Superseded By

Nothing.