{
  "title": "Visual sources for the Palace software timeline",
  "checked": "2026-09-11",
  "images": [
    {
      "file": "palace-proposal-1994.jpeg",
      "width": 640,
      "height": 480,
      "type": "Concept illustration",
      "source": "https://jbum.com/history/",
      "original": "https://jbum.com/history/pokerden.jpeg",
      "date": "July 1994, as dated by Jim Bumgardner’s history index",
      "caption": "Illustration accompanying the original Palace proposal. This is concept artwork, not a software screenshot.",
      "sha256": "765f424c8746460050404af7a90ea4f332e58a056de3bca4f5c8dd1ce20c9b47",
      "alterations": "None. Source image copied byte for byte; resized for display only.",
      "rights": "Jim Bumgardner granted permission on September 11, 2026 for the requested unchanged public museum display with a historical caption and source link. This is permission for that use, not a general licence.",
      "reuseReview": {
        "checked": "2026-09-11",
        "status": "Permission received for the requested public museum use",
        "sources": [
          "https://jbum.com/history/",
          "https://krazydad.com/",
          "https://krazydad.com/contactme/"
        ],
        "finding": "Jim Bumgardner identified the illustration as his own concept drawing and approved the requested display. Credit Jim Bumgardner and retain the July 1994 concept-illustration caption and history source link.",
        "outreach": "Request sent September 11, 2026; permission received the same day. Private correspondence is retained separately and is not included in this public source record."
      },
      "creator": "Jim Bumgardner",
      "published": true
    },
    {
      "file": "palace35-tutorial.GIF",
      "width": 512,
      "height": 384,
      "type": "Bundled tutorial screenshot",
      "source": "AVP Server 1 / web/downloads/old/palace35.zip / PalaceUserWin.exe / TUTORIALACTIVE.GIF",
      "date": "Bundled with version 3.5, whose README is dated February 2000; capture date unstated",
      "caption": "The original 512 × 384 guide image includes grey space beside the client window; no crop or reconstruction.",
      "integrity": "Extracted CRC-32 8B4B46FA matches the stored ZIP entry checksum. Archive extraction reported trailing payload data; the resulting image passes the stored checksum and displays correctly.",
      "sha256": "9da7bac4780aeb331a334d9abb1122afd6bffbf623bab74d19e0acb5808c898b",
      "alterations": "None. Source image copied byte for byte; resized for display only.",
      "rights": "Image not published in this release. The record describes preserved or externally linked material; display permission remains unestablished.",
      "published": false
    },
    {
      "file": "phalanx-prop-editor.jpg",
      "width": 430,
      "height": 437,
      "type": "Bundled interface skin artwork",
      "source": "AVP Server 1 / web/downloads/old/PhalanxBetaUpdate5.7.50.exe / $DOCUMENTS/Phalanx/skins/Prop Editor/propeditor.jpg",
      "date": "Preserved 5.7.50 beta package; original artwork date unstated",
      "caption": "Prop-editor skin artwork shipped with the client. This is not a screenshot of a running session.",
      "sha256": "ecf6f0321a186c836e2118b9334ca0fbddd105cd178b5bb9caa003fc79bf9f88",
      "alterations": "None. Source image copied byte for byte; resized for display only.",
      "rights": "Image not published in this release. The record describes preserved or externally linked material; display permission remains unestablished.",
      "published": false
    },
    {
      "file": "palacechat-interface-2010.jpg",
      "width": 331,
      "height": 210,
      "type": "Annotated documentation screenshot",
      "source": "https://pchat.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Interface.jpg",
      "original": "https://pchat.org/wiki/images/d/d8/Interface.jpg",
      "date": "Uploaded 23 September 2010 at 22:28 by Psycrow; capture date and exact client version unstated",
      "caption": "PalaceChat documentation image, linked from The basics. The numbered toolbar annotations are part of the source image.",
      "sha256": "1a5bfe9adc32526456322bf2eae0ef1e70f8a06021855f3dee6626734a400ea2",
      "alterations": "None. Source image copied byte for byte; resized for display only.",
      "rights": "Image not published in this release. The record describes preserved or externally linked material; display permission remains unestablished.",
      "reuseReview": {
        "checked": "2026-09-11",
        "status": "Express permission unconfirmed",
        "sources": [
          "https://pchat.org/wiki/index.php?title=File:Interface.jpg",
          "https://pchat.org/wiki/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=rightsinfo&format=json",
          "https://www.elitepalaces.com/elitetos.html"
        ],
        "finding": "No image licence stated on the file page. The wiki returned empty rightsinfo text and URL. Hosting terms were not treated as an image licence; uploader attribution was not treated as proof of copyright ownership.",
        "outreach": "Permission and credit question sent from avatarpalacechat@gmail.com to alexandra@elitepalaces.com on 2026-09-11; verified in Sent mail. Awaiting reply."
      },
      "published": false
    }
  ],
  "gaps": [
    "No full running-client Phalanx screenshot was verified; the chapter uses honestly labelled bundled interface artwork.",
    "No early running-client screenshot is claimed; the 1994 image is a dated proposal illustration.",
    "Current projects are linked directly. Their promotional images are not presented as verified client captures."
  ]
}