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| 1 | +BRAINAPI2 ENGINE LICENSE |
| 2 | +Version 1.0 — © 2025 Lumen Platforms Inc. |
| 3 | + |
| 4 | +This software ("BrainAPI Engine" or "the Software") is provided under a combined |
| 5 | +license consisting of: |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | + (1) The GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3 ("AGPLv3") |
| 8 | + (2) The Commons Clause License Condition v1.0 ("Commons Clause") |
| 9 | + (3) An Additional Use Grant clarifying permitted non-commercial usage |
| 10 | + (4) A Dual Licensing Statement describing how commercial licenses may be obtained |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +The intent of this license package is to: |
| 13 | +- Preserve the freedoms of open-source software for research, education, and |
| 14 | + community use. |
| 15 | +- Prevent third parties from selling, hosting, embedding, or repackaging the |
| 16 | + BrainAPI Engine as part of a competing commercial offering. |
| 17 | +- Allow commercial use only via a separate paid Enterprise License agreement |
| 18 | + with Lumen Platforms Inc. |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 21 | +SECTION 1 — COMMONS CLAUSE LICENSE CONDITION v1.0 |
| 22 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 23 | +The “Commons Clause” License Condition v1.0 is an addendum to the |
| 24 | +AGPLv3 License granted below. It states: |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +"Without limiting other conditions in the License, the license grant does not |
| 27 | +include the right to Sell the Software. |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +'Sell' means practicing any or all of the rights granted to you under the License |
| 30 | +to provide the Software or Derivative Works to third parties, for a fee or other |
| 31 | +consideration, including without limitation: |
| 32 | + - Providing the Software or Derivative Works as a hosted or managed service; |
| 33 | + - Embedding or incorporating the Software or Derivative Works in a commercial |
| 34 | + product or service; |
| 35 | + - Distributing the Software or Derivative Works to third parties for any |
| 36 | + commercial purpose. |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | +Any commercial use of the Software requires a separate commercial license |
| 39 | +from Lumen Platforms Inc." |
| 40 | + |
| 41 | +The Commons Clause overrides any conflicting provisions of the AGPLv3. |
| 42 | + |
| 43 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 44 | +SECTION 2 — ADDITIONAL USE GRANT (NON-COMMERCIAL USE ALLOWED) |
| 45 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 46 | +You are permitted to: |
| 47 | +- Use, modify, study, and run the Software for personal, research, academic, |
| 48 | + experimental, or non-commercial organizational use. |
| 49 | +- Self-host BrainAPI internally for non-commercial, non-revenue-generating |
| 50 | + purposes. |
| 51 | +- Publish modifications, forks, and contributions as long as they also comply |
| 52 | + with this license (including the Commons Clause). |
| 53 | +- Use the Software to build prototypes, internal tools, or demos, provided |
| 54 | + these are not sold, licensed, offered as a service, or incorporated into any |
| 55 | + commercial product. |
| 56 | + |
| 57 | +These permissions remain free of charge. |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 60 | +SECTION 3 — PROHIBITED USES WITHOUT A COMMERCIAL LICENSE |
| 61 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 62 | +The following uses are NOT permitted under this Community License: |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +(1) Offering BrainAPI (modified or unmodified) as a managed or hosted service. |
| 65 | +(2) Embedding or integrating any part of BrainAPI into a commercial SaaS, |
| 66 | + product, or API. |
| 67 | +(3) Selling services that rely on BrainAPI as a core component. |
| 68 | +(4) Using BrainAPI to power commercial applications, LLM pipelines, AI agents, |
| 69 | + enterprise search engines, or knowledge-graph infrastructure. |
| 70 | +(5) Creating a competing product or service based on the BrainAPI engine or |
| 71 | + significant portions of its architecture, algorithms, or modules. |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +Any commercial use requires a separate Enterprise License from Lumen Platforms Inc. |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 76 | +SECTION 4 — COMMERCIAL LICENSE |
| 77 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 78 | +Commercial usage, including SaaS hosting, embedding, redistribution, or |
| 79 | +derivative commercial offerings, requires an Enterprise License obtained directly |
| 80 | +from Lumen Platforms Inc. |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +Contact: |
| 83 | + Lumen Platforms Inc. — Licensing Department |
| 84 | + |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 87 | +SECTION 5 — TRADEMARK POLICY |
| 88 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 89 | +The names "BrainAPI", “BrainAPI Engine”, “Lumen Platforms Inc.”, and associated logos are |
| 90 | +trademarks of Lumen Platforms Inc. |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +You may not: |
| 93 | +- Use these trademarks in commerce, |
| 94 | +- Portray forks or modified versions as official BrainAPI distributions, |
| 95 | +- Use the trademarks in product names or domain names without permission. |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +Fair-use (e.g., citing or referring to BrainAPI) is allowed. |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 100 | +SECTION 6 — FULL AGPLv3 LICENSE TEXT |
| 101 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 102 | +The full text of the GNU Affero General Public License v3 is included below |
| 103 | +exactly as published by the Free Software Foundation. The AGPLv3 applies except |
| 104 | +where modified or restricted by the Commons Clause and Additional Use Grant. |
| 105 | + |
| 106 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 107 | +GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE |
| 108 | +Version 3, 19 November 2007 |
| 109 | +Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation |
| 110 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +[ FULL ORIGINAL AGPLv3 TEXT HERE — UNMODIFIED ] |
| 113 | +For brevity, the text is omitted in this preview. |
| 114 | +In your final LICENSE.txt, paste the complete AGPLv3 text from: |
| 115 | +https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 118 | +SECTION 7 — EXPLANATORY NOTE (NON-LEGAL) |
| 119 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 120 | +This license is designed to: |
| 121 | +- Enable an open-source community ecosystem, |
| 122 | +- Allow free self-hosting for research and internal use, |
| 123 | +- Prevent competitors from extracting BrainAPI internals to build |
| 124 | + competing services, AI agents, or infrastructure, |
| 125 | +- Ensure long-term commercial viability via dual licensing. |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +If you need a different arrangement or custom enterprise terms, contact us. |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 130 | +END OF LICENSE |
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