Attributing Content to Frontier
If you use any Elite: Dangerous media to create content it needs to be attributed to Frontier under our official trademark of ‘Frontier Developments plc’. This needs to be communicated clearly and in a location that is easily located by others. There are 2 preferred ways of doing this:
Short Form:
“Assets borrowed from Elite: Dangerous, with permission of Frontier Developments plc”
The short form attribution is useful for things such as images and shorter news pieces, where a long form attribution may be impractical. For images, this could be displayed in the description of the image or in its metadata. Where practical though, a long form attribution is preferred:
Long form:
"[Name of your project] was created using assets and imagery from Elite: Dangerous, with the permission of Frontier Developments plc, for non-commercial purposes. It is not endorsed by nor reflects the views or opinions of Frontier Developments and no employee of Frontier Developments was involved in the making of it."
The long form version should be used for video content, community sites/fan pages or for longer editorials, where it can be adequately fitted in without affecting the creativity of the piece. This could be in the credits, header/footer, or terms & conditions, depending on the nature of the content. As long as it is not deliberately obscured or hidden from viewers.