License and Commercial Use
Open beta rules right now
- Allowed — every non-commercial activity. Personal avatar creation and customization, non-monetized screenshots and video, non-monetized streaming, personal practice and study, non-commercial portfolios and exhibitions.
- Not allowed — all commercial use. Sharing or redistributing the MingToon package itself and Ming Light Controller (MLC) files. Selling the source code itself.
- Contact — studioraming@gmail.com
Also read the EULA included in the distribution. Full license notice
What is distributed now
All commercial use is prohibited in the current open beta. Commercial license sales begin with Early Access.
URP is not included in the current BRP open beta, and is included in every commercial license.
Ming Light Controller (MLC) is free on the official BOOTH during the open beta. It becomes paid from Early Access, and is included in the Early Access Founders Edition packages of Personal Streaming and Personal Creator. The composition may change after the full release. Sharing and redistributing MLC files is not permitted.
FREE
Price: Free
Free to use for every non-commercial activity.
- Personal avatar creation and customization
- Non-monetized screenshot and video production
- Non-monetized streaming and content production
- Personal practice, study and experimentation
- Non-commercial portfolios, exhibitions and public showings
Business license
Price: Contact us
A license for companies developing games, programs and products, and for MCNs and V-Tuber agencies. We consult on business adoption that fits the content and production workflow of MCNs and V-Tuber agencies.
- Fast development support
- Source code provided
- Games, programs and products that include the source may be sold
- URP version included
Business inquiries by email · studioraming@gmail.com
Source code and file distribution
Selling the source code itself is prohibited under every license. The business license permits selling games, programs and products that include the source.
The MingToon package itself and MLC files in the current beta may not be shared or redistributed. A personal license notice or a list of included add-ons does not grant the right to redistribute the product's original files.
Early Access sales plan
Below is the plan for licenses that are not on sale yet. They cannot be purchased now.
See the Personal Streaming · Personal Creator packages
Personal Streaming
Price: In preparation · planned for sale at Early Access
A license for individuals who make monetized streams and video content.
- Use in monetized streaming and video content
- One Streaming license per user
- No extra charge by avatar count
- URP version included
Add-ons included in the Early Access Founders Edition:
- WARUDO add-ons: SpoutPlus, Outfit Switcher, Photo Booth WARUDO, MingToon Warudo Volume
- Ming Light Controller
Personal Creator
Price: In preparation · planned for sale at Early Access
A license for individuals who sell assets and presets and do paid production work.
- Asset and preset sales, and paid avatar commissions
- One Creator license per user
- No extra charge by avatar count
- URP version included
Add-ons included in the Early Access Founders Edition:
- MaskMaker
- SDF Maker
- EasyMeshEditor
- MingToon Warudo Volume
- Photo Booth Unity
- Ming Light Controller
Photo Booth Unity is for Unity. Ming Light Controller is not classified as a WARUDO add-on.
The included add-ons are those of the Early Access Founders Edition, and the composition may change after the full release. A planned inclusion does not mean that individual add-on has already been released or distributed.
If you do both
Personal licenses are purchased per person and per license type. Doing monetized streaming and paid production together needs both Streaming and Creator. A bundle discount is in preparation.
A separate platform for managing paid licenses may be added later.
Related pages
How to join the open beta — the BOOTH product is not posted yet. Once it is, the official product link will be added to this page.