License & Terms
Effective date: September 23, 2026
You're welcome to reuse the charts, text and data on Harbinger's Lamp under a Creative Commons license, and the code that runs the site under the MIT license. Scripture text is public domain. A few third-party pieces we use keep their own licences, credited below. Our sign-in sites are private and not covered by these open licences. The site is provided as-is, as a study aid, not a substitute for reading Scripture itself.
Harbinger's Lamp content
The charts, text and data files that make up Harbinger's Lamp (including the chart data in charts/) are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), except for the Scripture text, which is public domain (see below). You may share and adapt them for any purpose, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit. For example:
“Harbinger's Lamp, harbingerinnovations.com/harbingers-lamp, CC BY 4.0.”
Code
The site's own code (HTML, CSS and JavaScript) is licensed under the MIT License:
MIT License Copyright (c) 2026 Harbinger Innovations Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
Scripture
Scripture quotations are from the American Standard Version (ASV), which is in the public domain.
Third-party credits
| Name | Use | License | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leaflet | Interactive maps | BSD-2-Clause | leafletjs.com |
| GSAP | Animation library | GreenSock Standard License | gsap.com/standard-license |
| Noto Serif / Noto Serif Hebrew | Greek and Hebrew text in word studies | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | fonts/OFL.txt |
| Literata / Cormorant Garamond | Body text and headings in word studies and sayings | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | fonts/OFL.txt |
| Fraunces / Source Serif 4 / IBM Plex Sans | Headings, Scripture and interface text in sermons and Bible studies | SIL Open Font License 1.1 | fonts/OFL.txt |
| Natural Earth | Base map land, lakes, rivers, shaded relief and physical place-name labels (seas, lakes, rivers, mountains, deserts, regions) | Public domain | naturalearthdata.com |
| NOAA ETOPO 2022 | Shaded relief detail for the Levant | Public domain (US Government) | ncei.noaa.gov/products/etopo-global-relief-model |
| OpenStreetMap | Coastline, lakes and rivers for the Levant detail, and river names | © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL | openstreetmap.org/copyright |
| Pleiades | Place identifications and coordinates for map region and city labels (era label sets) | CC BY 3.0 | pleiades.stoa.org |
| OpenBible.info Bible Geocoding | Place identifications and coordinates for map region and city labels (era label sets) | CC BY 4.0 | openbible.info/geo |
Sign-in sites
My Account, Family Tree, BereanAI, Eagle & Phoenix and the HymnPresenter download page are private, invitation-only sites. They are not covered by the open licences above: all rights are reserved. Please don't share your access to them with anyone else.
Terms of use
Harbinger's Lamp is provided as-is, with no warranty of any kind. It is a study aid, meant to help you explore Scripture, not a substitute for reading Scripture itself. We may change or remove content at any time.
Contact
Questions about licensing or these terms: harbingerinnovationshelp@gmail.com.