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Keygen + FCL

Keygen is available under the Fair Core License, an eventually-OSS, mostly-permissive non-compete Fair Source license.

Fair Core License, Version 1.0, Apache 2.0 Future License

Abbreviation

FCL-1.0-ALv2

Notice

Copyright 2024 Keygen LLC

Terms and Conditions

Licensor ("We")

The party offering the Software under these Terms and Conditions.

The Software

The "Software" is each version of the software that we make available under these Terms and Conditions, as indicated by our inclusion of these Terms and Conditions with the Software.

License Grant

Subject to your compliance with this License Grant and the Limitations, Patents, Redistribution and Trademark clauses below, we hereby grant you the right to use, copy, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform, publicly display and redistribute the Software for any Permitted Purpose identified below.

Permitted Purpose

A Permitted Purpose is any purpose other than a Competing Use. A Competing Use means making the Software available to others in a commercial product or service that:

  1. substitutes for the Software;

  2. substitutes for any other product or service we offer using the Software that exists as of the date we make the Software available; or

  3. offers the same or substantially similar functionality as the Software.

Permitted Purposes specifically include using the Software:

  1. for your internal use and access;

  2. for non-commercial education;

  3. for non-commercial research; and

  4. in connection with professional services that you provide to a licensee using the Software in accordance with these Terms and Conditions.

Limitations

You must not move, change, disable, or circumvent the license key functionality in the Software; or modify any portion of the Software protected by the license key to:

  1. enable access to the protected functionality without a valid license key; or

  2. remove the protected functionality.

Patents

To the extent your use for a Permitted Purpose would necessarily infringe our patents, the license grant above includes a license under our patents. If you make a claim against any party that the Software infringes or contributes to the infringement of any patent, then your patent license to the Software ends immediately.

Redistribution

The Terms and Conditions apply to all copies, modifications and derivatives of the Software.

If you redistribute any copies, modifications or derivatives of the Software, you must include a copy of or a link to these Terms and Conditions and not remove any copyright or other proprietary notices provided in or with the Software.

Disclaimer

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT WILL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SOFTWARE, INCLUDING INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY IN ADVANCE.

In the event the provision of this Disclaimer section is unenforceable under applicable law, the licenses granted herein are void.

Trademarks

Except for displaying the License Details and identifying us as the origin of the Software, you have no right under these Terms and Conditions to use our trademarks, trade names, service marks or product names.

Grant of Future License

We hereby irrevocably grant you an additional license to use the Software, under the Apache License, Version 2.0, that is effective on the second anniversary of the date we make the Software available. On or after that date, you may use the Software under the Apache License, Version 2.0, in which case the following will apply:

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

For questions or information about alternative licensing arrangements for the Software, please contact [email protected].

Interested in adopting the FCL? Check out the website.

For information on Fair Source, see the website.