From ab119dc6a7e1fbe969a5dd70e9d89ce9da677ff8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ShalokShalom Date: Sat, 6 Dec 2025 18:41:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify situation about licensing MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The commons license that you link here, does **NOT** do what you say it does. You can distribute a software, and also share executables, that are licensed under the commons clause: > Commons Clause only forbids you from “selling” the Commons Clause software itself. You may develop on top of Commons Clause licensed software (adding applications, tools, utilities or plug-ins) and you may embed and redistribute Commons Clause software in a larger product, and you may distribute and even “sell” (which includes offering as a commercial SaaS service) your product. You may even provide consulting services (see clarifying discussion here). You just can’t sell a product that consists in substance of the Commons Clause software and does not add value. Signed-off-by: ShalokShalom --- README.md | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e5b9281e..75cafd0f 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -176,6 +176,4 @@ In my case, it was `echo "eval \"\$(/Users/david/.local/bin/mise activate zsh)\" Cork is licensed under [Commons Clause](https://commonsclause.com). -This means that Cork's source source is available and you can modify it, contribute to it etc., but you can't sell or distribute Cork or modified versions of it. - -Moreover, you can’t distribute compiled versions of Cork without consulting me first. Compiling versions for your personal use is fine. +This means that Cork's source source is available and you can modify it, contribute to it etc., but you can't sell it.