We welcome contributions! However, to ensure the long-term viability of the project and our ability to defend it, we require all contributors to agree to the terms below.
This project is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL). This means:
- ✅ You CAN use, modify, and distribute this software for non-competing purposes.
- ✅ You CAN rely on the fact that this code will eventually become Open Source (Apache 2.0) on the Change Date.
- ❌ You CANNOT use it to create a product or service that competes with this project (as defined in the
LICENSEfile).
By submitting a Pull Request (PR) to this repository, you irrevocably agree to the following terms:
- You Own Your Work: You represent that you are the sole owner of the code you are submitting, or you have the necessary rights to contribute it.
- Rights Grant: You grant backnotprop (the Project Owner) an unlimited, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free right to use, modify, distribute, sublicense, and relicense your contribution in any form.
- Plain English: You still own your code, but you are giving us permission to do absolutely anything with it (including selling it, changing the license, or enforcing the BSL) without asking you again.
- No Encumbrance: You agree that your contribution is not subject to any third-party license that would restrict the Project Owner's rights (e.g., do not submit code copy-pasted from GPL projects).
- Fork the repository.
- Make your changes.
- Submit a Pull Request. (Your submission constitutes agreement to the terms above).