From 4c6ea41742c0900f8632762c6117cda99b34705d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Iv=C3=A1n=20Montiel=20Cardona?= Date: Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:43:39 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] chore(license): sharpen BUSL commercial-use terms (1.0.1-beta.9) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Make the Commercial Use definition (a)/(b)/(c) authoritative and the free-use list subordinate to it (resolves the "individuals are never commercial" vs "for-profit CI/CD is commercial" contradiction). Uniform Change Date 2030-07-11 (→ MIT). Re-release so the BUSL packages carry the corrected terms. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) --- LICENSE-BUSL.txt | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE-BUSL.txt b/LICENSE-BUSL.txt index 67cc71e..d7964bc 100644 --- a/LICENSE-BUSL.txt +++ b/LICENSE-BUSL.txt @@ -7,27 +7,31 @@ Licensed Work: RP2040Sharp BUSL-1.1 components — RP2040Sharp.TestKit, RP2040Sharp.Wireless, and RP2040Sharp.TestKit.NanoFramework. (The RP2040Sharp emulator core is licensed separately under MIT.) The Licensed Work is © 2024-2026 Iván Montiel Cardona. -Additional Use Grant: You may copy, modify, redistribute, and make production use of - the Licensed Work free of charge for any purpose that is not a - Commercial Use. +Additional Use Grant: You may copy, modify, create derivative works of, redistribute, + and make production use of the Licensed Work free of charge for + any use that is not a Commercial Use, as defined below. - "Commercial Use" means either: - (a) using the Licensed Work in an automated build, test, + A "Commercial Use" is any of the following: + (a) use of the Licensed Work in an automated build, test, continuous-integration, or continuous-delivery (CI/CD) - system that is operated by or on behalf of a for-profit - organization; or - (b) using or incorporating the Licensed Work in the - development, testing, distribution, or operation of any - product or service that generates, or is intended to - generate, commercial revenue. - - Use by individuals, and use for personal, hobby, educational, - academic-research, evaluation, or open-source purposes, is never - a Commercial Use and is always permitted free of charge. - - Commercial Use requires a separate commercial license from the - Licensor. -Change Date: 2030-06-25 + pipeline operated by or on behalf of a for-profit entity; + (b) distribution, sale, sublicensing, hosting, or provision, + for a fee or other commercial consideration, of the Licensed + Work (in whole or in part, modified or unmodified) or of any + product or service that embeds, bundles, or depends on it; or + (c) internal use of the Licensed Work by, or on behalf of, a + for-profit entity to develop, test, or operate a product or + service that generates, or is intended to generate, revenue. + + For the avoidance of doubt, the following are NOT a Commercial Use + and are always permitted free of charge, provided they do not fall + within (a), (b), or (c) above: use by a natural person acting in a + personal capacity, and use for personal, hobby, educational, + academic-research, evaluation, or open-source purposes. + + Any Commercial Use requires a separate commercial license from the + Licensor; contact the Licensor to arrange one. +Change Date: 2030-07-11 Change License: MIT For information about alternative licensing arrangements for the Licensed Work,