# Legal Notice

PokeBuddy CLI is an independent open-source developer tool.

It is designed as a terminal companion system featuring original programmable creatures that react to coding activity, Git events, test results, prompts, builds and local development workflows.

## No affiliation

PokeBuddy CLI is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, authorized by, or associated with Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., Anthropic, Claude Code, or any of their subsidiaries, affiliates or partners.

## Meaning of POKE

In this project, **POKE** means:

> Programmable Open-source Kinetic Entities

The project uses the word “poke” in the ordinary English sense of interacting with, tapping, nudging or prompting a terminal companion.

## Original content

All companions, names, ASCII art, flavor text, stats, rarity systems, commands, project lore and code are original creations for PokeBuddy CLI unless otherwise stated.

This repository does not include or intentionally reference official characters, character names, sprites, logos, music, sound effects, maps, items, artwork, game assets or protected designs from third-party franchises.

## Trademark notice

All trademarks, registered trademarks, product names, company names and logos mentioned externally or by users belong to their respective owners.

Use of any third-party name in this repository, if present, is for identification, compatibility, attribution or legal notice purposes only and does not imply affiliation.

## Contribution restrictions

Contributors must not submit pull requests, issues, assets, ASCII art, names or documentation containing copyrighted or trademarked material from third-party franchises.

This includes, but is not limited to:

- official character names;
- derivative names based on official characters;
- official sprites or modified sprites;
- ASCII art recreating protected characters;
- logos or modified logos;
- music, sound effects or game assets;
- terminology that implies official affiliation.

Maintainers may remove, reject or rewrite any contribution that appears to violate third-party intellectual property rights or creates avoidable confusion.

## Takedown requests

If you believe this project includes material that infringes your rights, please contact the maintainers through the repository issue tracker or the contact information listed in the repository.

The maintainers will review good-faith requests and act where appropriate.
