License

PARAMANT Ghost Pipe Protocol — Business Source License 1.1

✓ Free for non-production use, and free for production use within the Additional Use Grant: up to 5 active API keys per relay instance and a single self-hosted deployment, commercial use included.
Use beyond those limits requires a written commercial license agreement.
Contact: privacy@paramant.app

Summary

The PARAMANT source code is publicly visible for transparency and trust. You may inspect, audit, modify, redistribute and make non-production use of it free of charge. Production use is free as well, within the Additional Use Grant quoted below: a maximum of 5 (five) active API keys per relay instance and a single self-hosted deployment, commercial use included. Use beyond those limits, such as unlimited API keys, multiple sectors, high-availability clustering or commercial redistribution, requires a written commercial license agreement with the licensor.

On 1 January 2029 the entire codebase will be released under the Apache License 2.0.

Full license text

Business Source License 1.1 Licensor: PARAMANT / Mick Beer Licensed Work: PARAMANT Ghost Pipe Change Date: 2029-01-01 Change License: Apache License 2.0 Additional Use Grant You may make production use of the Licensed Work, provided such use does not exceed the following limits: - Maximum 5 (five) active API keys per relay instance - A single self-hosted deployment (one relay stack per organization) Use beyond these limits — including unlimited API keys, multiple sectors, high-availability clustering, or commercial redistribution — requires a commercial license. See https://paramant.app/pricing Terms The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work. The production use rights granted in the Additional Use Grant above are limited to the conditions stated therein. Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under the terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph above terminate. If your use of the Licensed Work does not comply with the requirements currently in effect as described in this License, you must purchase a commercial license from the Licensor, its affiliated entities, or authorized resellers, or you must refrain from using the Licensed Work. All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License. This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of Licensor or its affiliates. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE. MariaDB hereby grants you permission to use this License's text to license your works, and to refer to it using the trademark "Business Source License", as long as you comply with the Covenants of Licensor below. Covenants of Licensor In consideration of the right to use this License's text and the "Business Source License" name and trademark, Licensor covenants to MariaDB, and to all other recipients of the licensed work to be provided by Licensor: 1. To specify as the Change License the GPL Version 2.0 or any later version, or a license that is compatible with GPL Version 2.0 or a later version, where "compatible" means that software provided under the Change License can be included in a program with software provided under GPL Version 2.0 or a later version. 2. To either: (a) specify an additional grant of rights to use that does not impose any additional restriction on the right granted in this License, as the Additional Use Grant; or (b) insert the text "None". 3. To specify a Change Date. 4. Not to modify this License in any other way.

Questions

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