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Update licensing information for SurfSense software
- Added Business Source License 1.1 details to the proprietary LICENSE file. - Clarified terms of use, including production use restrictions and transition to Apache License after four years. - Updated README.md to reflect the new licensing structure and its implications for users. This change ensures clear communication of licensing terms for proprietary components within the SurfSense project.
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Copyright (c) SurfSense
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Portions of this software are licensed as follows:
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* All content that resides under the "surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/"
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directory of this repository is licensed under the Business Source License
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1.1 as defined in "surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/LICENSE".
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* All third-party components incorporated into the SurfSense software are
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licensed under the original license provided by the owner of the applicable
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component.
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* Content outside of the above-mentioned directory is available under the
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Apache License, Version 2.0, as defined below.
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Apache License
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Version 2.0, January 2004
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http://www.apache.org/licenses/
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SurfSense Proprietary / Source-Available License (PLACEHOLDER)
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Business Source License 1.1
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All files in this directory tree (app/proprietary/**) are NOT covered by the
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Apache License 2.0 that governs the rest of this repository.
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License text copyright (c) 2017 MariaDB Corporation Ab, All Rights Reserved.
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"Business Source License" is a trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab.
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The final license text is TBD. Until it is finalized, ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED:
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the code in this directory may not be copied, modified, redistributed, sublicensed,
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or relicensed (including under Apache-2.0) without the explicit prior written
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permission of the copyright holder.
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Copyright (c) 2026 SurfSense. All rights reserved.
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Parameters
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Licensor: SurfSense
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Licensed Work: The SurfSense Proprietary Components, being all files
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contained in this directory tree
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(surfsense_backend/app/proprietary/**).
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The Licensed Work is (c) 2026 SurfSense.
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Additional Use Grant: You may make production use of the Licensed Work,
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provided such use does not include offering the
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Licensed Work, or any product or service whose value
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derives, entirely or substantially, from the Licensed
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Work, to third parties as a commercial product or as a
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hosted or managed service.
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Change Date: Four years from the date each version of the Licensed
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Work is publicly released.
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Change License: Apache License, Version 2.0
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For information about alternative licensing arrangements for the Licensed
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Work, please contact the Licensor.
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Notice
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The Business Source License (this document, or the "License") is not an Open
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Source license. However, the Licensed Work will eventually be made available
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under an Open Source License, as stated in this License.
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Terms
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The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative
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works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work. The
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Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited
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production use.
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Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly
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available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this
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License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under
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the terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph
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above terminate.
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If your use of the Licensed Work does not comply with the requirements
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currently in effect as described in this License, you must purchase a
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commercial license from the Licensor, its affiliated entities, or authorized
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resellers, or you must refrain from using the Licensed Work.
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All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works
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of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License. This License applies
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separately for each version of the Licensed Work and the Change Date may vary
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for each version of the Licensed Work released by Licensor.
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You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy
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of the Licensed Work. If you receive the Licensed Work in original or
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modified form from a third party, the terms and conditions set forth in this
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License apply to your use of that work.
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Any use of the Licensed Work in violation of this License will automatically
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terminate your rights under this License for the current and all other
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versions of the Licensed Work.
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This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of
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Licensor or its affiliates (provided that you may use a trademark or logo of
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Licensor as expressly required by this License).
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TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED ON
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AN "AS IS" BASIS. LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS,
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND
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TITLE.
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MariaDB hereby grants you permission to use this License's text to license
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your works, and to refer to it using the trademark "Business Source License",
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as long as you comply with the Covenants of Licensor below.
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Covenants of Licensor
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In consideration of the right to use this License's text and the "Business
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Source License" name and trademark, Licensor covenants to MariaDB, and to all
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other recipients of the licensed work to be provided by Licensor:
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1. To specify as the Change License the GPL Version 2.0 or any later version,
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or a license that is compatible with GPL Version 2.0 or a later version,
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where "compatible" means that software provided under the Change License
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can be included in a program with software provided under GPL Version 2.0
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or a later version. Licensor may specify additional Change Licenses
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without limitation.
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2. To either: (a) specify an additional grant of rights to use that does not
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impose any additional restriction on the right granted in this License, as
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the Additional Use Grant; or (b) insert the text "None".
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3. To specify a Change Date.
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4. Not to modify this License in any other way.
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# `app.proprietary` — non-Apache-2 license boundary
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Everything in this directory tree is licensed **separately** from the rest of
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SurfSense (which is Apache-2.0). See [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE).
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SurfSense (which is Apache-2.0), under the **Business Source License 1.1** —
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see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE). In short: source-available; production use is
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permitted (including self-hosting the whole app) *except* offering it to third
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parties as a commercial product or hosted/managed service; each released
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version converts to Apache-2.0 four years after its release.
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