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BSD 3-Clause License

BSD-3-ClausePermissiveOSI-approved open-source licence

Permissive licence. Keep the licence notice and don't use the project's name to endorse your product.

Verify with a lawyer. This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.

What the licence means per use case

The verdict applies to the licence family (Permissive). An individual product can have its own terms; you get the full per-product analysis when you sign in. Confidence: high.

BSD 3-Clause License: verdict per use case
Use caseVerdictWhat it means
U1 Self-hosted, internal use, unmodified Allowed Free to use. Keep the licence notices.
U2 Self-hosted and modified Allowed Free to modify. Keep the licence notices.
U3 Novro hosts it for you (single-tenant) Allowed Allowed to host for customers.
U4 Shared multi-tenant instance Allowed Allowed in a shared instance.
U5 In your cloud, managed by Novro Allowed Allowed. Ship the licence notices.
U6 Redistribution (builds, images, appliances) Allowed Allowed. Include licence and NOTICE texts.
U7 Commercial use Allowed Commercial use is allowed.
U8 AI acceptable use (AUP, EU AI Act) Not applicable Not applicable to this licence type.

Building on it: what may you do?

Short answers based on the licence, for the version in the catalog.

  • B1 Change the code for internal use in your company Yes Yes. Keep the licence notices.
  • B2 Build your own product or service on top and offer it to customers as SaaS Yes Yes. You don't have to share your code.
  • B3 Make a closed-source derivative and sell or distribute it Yes Yes, even closed. The licence and copyright notices must ship with it.
  • B4 Use the project's name and trademark No No, not without permission. The licence covers the code, not the name or logo.

This is guidance, not legal advice. Check with a lawyer before deciding.

Common pitfalls

  • You may not use the project's or contributors' names to promote your product without permission.
  • The licence notice must ship with binaries, not only with the source.
  • Open core: at least one product under this licence has parts under a different, commercial licence (often an ee/ or enterprise folder). Check that the features you need are not in that part.

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Products in the catalog under BSD-3-Clause

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