# License · Rights · Disclaimer — PhishDestroy

> PhishDestroy licence, rights waiver and disclaimer for The Steam Dossier, with an open letter to Valve.

Canonical: https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer
Language: en
Publisher: PhishDestroy
Author: PhishDestroy Team

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## Reading

- [Published page](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer)
- [Complete Markdown](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer.html.md)
- [Complete plain-text version](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer/llms-full.txt)
- [Investigation index](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/llms.txt)

## Sections

- [Declaration As to use and rights](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#declaration)
- [1. There are no conditions on use](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#rights-clause-1)
- [2. Why this matters practically, and not only as a courtesy](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#rights-clause-2)
- [3. Everything is open already](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#rights-clause-3)
- [4. Integrity of the evidence bundle](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#rights-clause-4)
- [Compartmentalization of Evidence (The "Agent" Protocol)](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#compartmentalization-of-evidence)
- [5. Authorship, Aggregation, and Compartmentalization (The "Agent" Protocol)](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#agent-protocol)
- [6. On register — why the waiver is functional and not merely generous](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#rights-clause-6)
- [7. What the Coalition is providing, in its own words](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#rights-clause-7)
- [Signed release What is signed, and what it covers](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#signed-public-release)
- [1. Rights statement](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#signed-public-release)
- [2. Published text](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#signed-public-release)
- [3. Printable research bundle](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#signed-public-release)
- [Our voice. The background.](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#editorial-register)
- [Section I License — the actual legal part, but human](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#sec-1)
- [One actual rule (yes, just one)](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#sec-1)
- [Section II What this is and why it exists](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#sec-2)
- [Section III Open letter to Valve — seriously, read this](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#sec-3)
- [The deal (open offer, no lawyers needed)](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#sec-3)
- [Section III-B The allied resources — a note to Steam specifically](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#sec-3b)
- [Closing note To whoever is carrying this forward](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/license_disclaimer#closing)

## Evidence and downloads

- [Public verification key ↗](https://phishdestroy.io/.well-known/pgp-key.txt)
- [Fragment titles, authors and file index (JSON)](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/agent-protocol/manifest.json)
- [Index signature](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/agent-protocol/manifest.json.asc)
- [Signature and content-integrity checks](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/agent-protocol/validation.json)
- [Download JSON](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/steam_tos_assets/license-rights.json)
- [PGP signature](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/steam_tos_assets/license-rights.json.asc)
- [Download JSON](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/dossier-text.json?v=print-20260928-v3)
- [PGP signature](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/dossier-text.json.asc?v=print-20260928-v3)
- [Download JSON](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/steam-dossier-en.content.json?v=print-20260928-v3)
- [PGP signature](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/steam-dossier-en.content.json.asc?v=print-20260928-v3)
- [Download JSON](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/steam-dossier-de.content.json?v=print-20260928-v3)
- [PGP signature](https://phishdestroy.io/steam_dossier/exports/steam-dossier-de.content.json.asc?v=print-20260928-v3)