LICENSE

WolfStack Software Licence
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Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Wolf Software Systems Ltd
Copyright (C) 2024-2026 Paul Clevett

WolfStack is dual-licensed. Use of the Software requires you to accept
either the noncommercial public licence in Section 2 below, OR the
commercial licence offered in Section 3. This file is the canonical
statement of terms; in case of any conflict between this file and any
other description, this file controls.


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1. PRIOR RELEASES
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Releases of WolfStack up to and including v22.9.x were distributed under
the MIT Licence. Those releases remain available under the MIT Licence
in perpetuity — nothing in this file revokes the rights granted by the
MIT Licence to copies of those prior releases.

The dual-licensing terms in this file apply to releases v22.10.0 and
later.


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2. NONCOMMERCIAL USE — PolyForm Noncommercial Licence 1.0.0
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For any noncommercial purpose, WolfStack is licensed under the PolyForm
Noncommercial Licence 1.0.0, the full text of which appears as Section 5
below.

The PolyForm Noncommercial Licence permits the following uses without
any payment to Wolf Software Systems Ltd:

  * Personal use on your home network or homelab
  * Education, research, and academic study
  * Charitable, public-good, and non-revenue community projects
  * Evaluation of the Software prior to commercial licensing

The PolyForm Noncommercial Licence does NOT permit the following uses
without a separate commercial licence (see Section 3):

  * Use within or for the benefit of a commercial entity, even for
    purely internal infrastructure
  * Reselling WolfStack, or any service whose value derives from running
    WolfStack
  * Hosting WolfStack as a managed service for third parties
  * Embedding WolfStack into a paid product
  * Any use intended for commercial advantage or monetary compensation


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3. COMMERCIAL USE — Wolf Software Systems Commercial Licence
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Commercial use of WolfStack requires an active subscription to one of
the WolfStack tiers (Homelab, Team, MSP, or Enterprise) issued by Wolf
Software Systems Ltd or an authorised reseller. An active subscription
automatically grants the subscriber a non-exclusive, non-transferable,
worldwide commercial licence to use the Software for any commercial
purpose during the subscription term, including all uses excluded from
the PolyForm Noncommercial Licence in Section 2.

The commercial licence overrides the noncommercial restrictions in
Section 2 with respect to the Subscriber's use of the Software during
the subscription term. The commercial licence:

  * Covers all hosts within the host cap of the subscribed tier (or
    unlimited hosts on tiers that carry no cap)
  * Covers the Subscriber's employees, contractors, and authorised
    agents acting in that capacity
  * Includes the right to make and run modifications privately
  * Includes the right to white-label and resell as a managed service
    on tiers that grant those features (e.g. MSP, Enterprise)
  * Lapses when the subscription lapses or is terminated, after which
    continued commercial use of the affected release requires a new
    subscription or a separate written agreement

To subscribe: https://wolfstack.org/enterprise.php

For terms beyond the standard published tiers — including bespoke SLAs,
on-premises or air-gapped deployment support, audit and compliance
collateral, custom development, or large-fleet pricing — contact
sales@wolf.uk.com to negotiate a separate commercial agreement.


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4. CONTRIBUTIONS
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By submitting any contribution to the WolfStack source tree (whether via
pull request, patch, or any other channel), you agree that:

  (a) The contribution is your original work, or you have the right to
      submit it under the terms of this licence; and

  (b) You grant Wolf Software Systems Ltd a perpetual, worldwide, non-
      exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, modify, publish, and
      sublicense your contribution under both Section 2 (PolyForm
      Noncommercial) and Section 3 (commercial licence) above.

A short Contributor Licence Agreement may be required for non-trivial
contributions; see https://wolfstack.org/licensing.php for details.


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5. POLYFORM NONCOMMERCIAL LICENCE 1.0.0 (FULL TEXT)
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PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0

<https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0>

## Acceptance

In order to get any license under these terms, you must agree
to them as both strict obligations and conditions to all
your licenses.

## Copyright License

The licensor grants you a copyright license for the
software to do everything you might do with the software
that would otherwise infringe the licensor's copyright
in it for any permitted purpose. However, you may
only distribute the software according to [Distribution
License](#distribution-license) and make changes or new works
based on the software according to [Changes and New Works
License](#changes-and-new-works-license).

## Distribution License

The licensor grants you an additional copyright license
to distribute copies of the software. Your license
to distribute covers distributing the software with
changes and new works permitted by [Changes and New Works
License](#changes-and-new-works-license).

## Notices

You must ensure that anyone who gets a copy of any part of
the software from you also gets a copy of these terms or the
URL for them above, as well as copies of any plain-text lines
beginning with `Required Notice:` that the licensor provided
with the software. For example:

> Required Notice: Copyright Wolf Software Systems Ltd (https://wolfstack.org)

## Changes and New Works License

The licensor grants you an additional copyright license to make
changes and new works based on the software for any permitted
purpose.

## Patent License

The licensor grants you a patent license for the software that
covers patent claims the licensor can license, or becomes able
to license, that you would infringe by using the software.

## Noncommercial Purposes

Any noncommercial purpose is a permitted purpose.

## Personal Uses

Personal use for research, experiment, and testing for
the benefit of public knowledge, personal study, private
entertainment, hobby projects, amateur pursuits, or religious
observance, without any anticipated commercial application,
is use for a permitted purpose.

## Noncommercial Organizations

Use by any charitable organization, educational institution,
public research organization, public safety or health
organization, environmental protection organization,
or government institution is use for a permitted purpose
regardless of the source of funding or obligations resulting
from the funding.

## Fair Use

You may have "fair use" rights for the software under the law.
These terms do not limit them.

## No Other Rights

These terms do not allow you to sublicense or transfer any of
your licenses to anyone else, or prevent the licensor from
granting licenses to anyone else. These terms do not imply
any other licenses.

## Patent Defense

If you make any written claim that the software infringes or
contributes to infringement of any patent, your patent license
for the software granted under these terms ends immediately. If
your company makes such a claim, your patent license ends
immediately for work on behalf of your company.

## Violations

The first time you are notified in writing that you have
violated any of these terms, or done anything with the software
not covered by your licenses, your licenses can nonetheless
continue if you come into full compliance with these terms,
and take practical steps to correct past violations, within
32 days of receiving notice. Otherwise, all your licenses
end immediately.

## No Liability

***As far as the law allows, the software comes as is, without
any warranty or condition, and the licensor will not be liable
to you for any damages arising out of these terms or the use
or nature of the software, under any kind of legal claim.***

## Definitions

The **licensor** is the individual or entity offering these
terms, and the **software** is the software the licensor makes
available under these terms.

**You** refers to the individual or entity agreeing to these
terms.

**Your company** is any legal entity, sole proprietorship,
or other kind of organization that you work for, plus all
organizations that have control over, are under the control of,
or are under common control with that organization. **Control**
means ownership of substantially all the assets of an entity,
or the power to direct its management and policies by vote,
contract, or otherwise. Control can be direct or indirect.

**Your licenses** are all the licenses granted to you for the
software under these terms.

**Use** means anything you do with the software requiring one
of your licenses.


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6. WARRANTY DISCLAIMER (APPLIES TO BOTH PUBLIC AND COMMERCIAL LICENCES)
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Specific service-level commitments offered with paid tiers are governed
by the subscription terms attached to each tier; this section reflects
the baseline disclaimer that applies in the absence of any explicit
warranty in those subscription terms.


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Required Notice: Copyright Wolf Software Systems Ltd (https://wolfstack.org)
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