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42 changes: 23 additions & 19 deletions LICENSE-BUSL.txt
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Expand Up @@ -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,
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