Tarot Card Images
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The tarot card images in this directory are reproductions of the original
Rider-Waite-Smith deck, illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith and first
published in December 1909 by William Rider & Son of London.

Pamela Colman Smith died on 18 September 1951. Her original illustrations
entered the public domain on 1 January 2022 under life-plus-70-years rules
(applicable in the UK, EU, and most other jurisdictions). In the United
States, the illustrations have been in the public domain since at least 1966
(published before 1928).

These images are NOT the recolored 1971 edition published by U.S. Games
Systems, Inc. U.S. Games holds a separate copyright registration
(VA-101-718) covering only their specific recoloring choices, card backs,
and box design — not the underlying Smith line art.

"Rider-Waite" is a trademark of U.S. Games Systems, Inc. This project uses
the term "Rider-Waite-Smith" (RWS) for descriptive/nominative purposes only.

Card Data
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Card names, suit assignments, and keywords in data.json are factual
descriptions of the traditional RWS tarot system and are not subject to
copyright protection.

Visual captions in visual_captions.json are original descriptions written
for this project and are covered by the project's MIT license.
