From eed584cd2f4eb09a28730ff720af8ec35f56569a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: it33 Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2015 21:34:56 -0800 Subject: MIT License - Adding reference to MIT-COMPILED-LICENSE - Using fewer words --- LICENSE.txt | 34 +++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'LICENSE.txt') diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt index c0c337525..88200cdba 100644 --- a/LICENSE.txt +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -2,34 +2,22 @@ Mattermost Licensing SOFTWARE LICENSING -Mattermost server is made available under two separate licensing options: +You are licensed to use compiled versions of the Mattermost platform produced by Mattermost, Inc. under an MIT LICENSE -- Free Software Foundation’s GNU AGPL v.3.0, subject to the exceptions outlined in this policy; or -- Commercial licenses available from Mattermost, Inc. by contacting commercial@mattermost.com +- See MIT-COMPILED-LICENSE.md included in compiled versions for details. -Admin Tools and Configuration Files (api/templates/, config/, model/, web/react/utils/, web/static/, web/templates/ and all -subdirectories thereof) are made available under: +You may be licensed to use source code to create compiled versions not produced by Mattermost, Inc. in one of two ways: -- Apache License v2.0 +1. Under the Free Software Foundation’s GNU AGPL v.3.0, subject to the exceptions outlined in this policy; or +2. Under a commercial license available from Mattermost, Inc. by contacting commercial@mattermost.com -LICENSING POLICY +You are licensed to use the source code in Admin Tools and Configuration Files (api/templates/, config/, model/, +web/react/utils/, web/static/, web/templates/ and all subdirectories thereof) under the Apache License v2.0. -The objective of the Mattermost server license is to require enhancements to Mattermost server be shared with the community -while allowing for non-enhanced use in proprietary applications. - -Therefore, the Mattermost server is free to use, modify and redistribute in open source applications via the -copyleft AGPL license. For proprietary applications (systems that don’t share source back to the community), -Mattermost is free to use and redistribute so long as you’re not withholding proprietary enhancements to the -Mattermost server and you’re only linking directly to or changing Admin Tools and Configuration Files (defined above), which -are released under an Apache 2.0 license, and copyleft free. - -We promise that we will not enforce the copyleft provisions in AGPL v3.0 against you if your application (a) does -not link to the Mattermost server directly, but exclusively uses the Mattermost Admin Tools and Configuration Files, -and (b) you have not modified, added to or adapted the source code of Mattermost in a way that results in the creation -of a “modified version” or “work based on” Mattermost as these terms are defined in the AGPL v3.0 license. - -If the above is not enough to satisfy your organization’s legal department (some will not approve GPL in any form), -commercial licenses are available from commercial@mattermost.com. +We promise that we will not enforce the copyleft provisions in AGPL v3.0 against you if your application (a) does not +link to the Mattermost Platform directly, but exclusively uses the Mattermost Admin Tools and Configuration Files, and +(b) you have not modified, added to or adapted the source code of Mattermost in a way that results in the creation of +a “modified version” or “work based on” Mattermost as these terms are defined in the AGPL v3.0 license. MATTERMOST TRADEMARK GUIDELINES -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22