Licence Notice

GENOME STUDIOS INC. - OPAL LICENCE NOTICE & README

About OPAL

OPAL is proprietary standalone desktop software developed by Genome Studios Inc. It is a third-party launcher that helps manage Open 3D Engine (O3DE) projects, assets, engine installations, builds, and production workflows.

OPAL is provided without charge. It is not an official O3DE product and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by the Open 3D Foundation, the Linux Foundation, or the O3DE project.

Your Licence

Subject to your acceptance of the full OPAL End User Licence Agreement (the “EULA”), the EULA permits you to:

• download, install, and use OPAL for personal, educational, internal business, and commercial production purposes;
• use OPAL within a studio or other organization through its employees and contractors;
• make reasonable internal deployment and backup copies;
• use, publish, sell, license, and commercialize your own O3DE projects, assets, builds, games, software, and other output created or managed using OPAL; and
• create and monetize screenshots, videos, tutorials, reviews, streams, articles, and other media that depicts or discusses OPAL, subject to the OPAL branding rules described below.

Important Restrictions

Unless the EULA or an applicable third-party licence (solely with respect to the third-party component it governs) expressly permits it, you may not:

• reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, circumvent, tamper with, or attempt to discover proprietary OPAL source code or non-public internals;
• modify OPAL or create derivative versions of proprietary OPAL code;
• sell, resell, sublicense, rent, lease, host as a service, or otherwise commercialize OPAL itself;
• bundle, pre-install, embed, or distribute OPAL with a game, engine build, application, hardware product, subscription, service, package manager, or other offering;
• redistribute a modified, repackaged, wrapped, advertisement-supported, incomplete, or compromised OPAL package;
• remove copyright, trademark, licence, attribution, signature, or proprietary notices; or
• use OPAL unlawfully, maliciously, or in a manner that infringes third-party rights or compromises systems or networks.

Studio Sharing and Public Mirrors

Internal studio sharing is permitted. An organization may provide the exact Official Package to its employees and contractors for work performed on the organization’s behalf, provided each such person accepts the EULA. A contractor’s right to use OPAL under this provision ceases when the contractor’s engagement with the organization ends.

A public mirror may host only a complete, exact, unmodified Official Package, without charge and without bundling, wrapping, advertising injection, added software, or removal of any EULA or notice files. The mirror must be identified as unofficial, link to the official OPAL website, avoid implying Genome endorsement, and promptly remove or replace a copy (and in any event within 48 hours) if Genome identifies a security, authenticity, legal, or compliance issue. All other redistribution requires Genome’s written permission.

Media and Branding

You may publish truthful screenshots, videos, tutorials, reviews, streams, articles, and similar media about OPAL. The name “OPAL” must appear in all capital letters. Deliberate use of the OPAL logo, logo-and-type pairing, standalone type treatment, supplied promotional assets, or other OPAL Brand Assets must comply with the OPAL Brand Guidelines made available through the official OPAL website at https://opallauncher.com. Do not modify the logo or imply that Genome sponsors, endorses, or is affiliated with your content, product, or service unless Genome has agreed in writing.

Your Projects and Output

Genome does not acquire ownership of your projects, assets, code, builds, configurations, games, software, or media merely because you use OPAL. You remain responsible for the rights, licences, backups, security, platform requirements, and legal compliance that apply to your projects and third-party materials.

Third-Party Software

OPAL includes or uses third-party and open source components. Those components are governed by their own licence terms. The applicable third-party licence and attribution notices are included with OPAL or otherwise made available by Genome for the applicable release. Third-party licences apply only to the relevant components and do not make Genome’s proprietary OPAL code open source.

No Warranty, Updates, or Support

OPAL is provided free of charge, “as is”, “as available”, and with all faults. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Genome disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. Genome does not promise that OPAL will be error-free, uninterrupted, secure, compatible with any particular O3DE version or system, or suitable for a particular production. Genome’s total liability in connection with OPAL is limited as set out in the EULA. Genome has no obligation to provide updates, maintenance, support, migration, replacement software, or continued availability. Maintain independent backups and validate your builds and project workflows.

Full EULA Controls

This README is a summary only and does not itself grant a licence or replace the full EULA. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between this README and the EULA, the EULA prevails. The EULA governs your download, installation, use, copying, media rights, internal sharing, mirror distribution, restrictions, warranties, liability, and termination. You must affirmatively accept the EULA through the official download, installer, update, or first-run process before using OPAL.

Reference

Related

• End User Licence Agreement - the binding agreement
• Privacy - what OPAL collects and connects to
• O3DE licence information - the engine is Apache 2.0 and governed separately

Last updated: 4 August 2026