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# License
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BetterFrame is **dual-licensed** under one of:
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1. **GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 only** (`AGPL-3.0-only`), at your
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option to comply with its terms, **OR**
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2. A **Commercial License** from BetterCorp — see [LICENSE-COMMERCIAL.md](LICENSE-COMMERCIAL.md).
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SPDX identifier (used in every `package.json` + `Cargo.toml`):
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AGPL-3.0-only OR Commercial
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Pick exactly one path; you cannot mix terms from both.
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---
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## AGPL-3.0-only path
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Copyright © 2024–2026 BetterCorp.
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
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Software Foundation, **version 3 only**.
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
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details.
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The full text of AGPL-3.0 is at:
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https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
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For convenience the canonical text is also vendored at [LICENSE-AGPL.txt](LICENSE-AGPL.txt).
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If that file is missing or differs from the upstream FSF copy, the upstream
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copy controls.
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### What AGPL means for your deployment
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AGPL is "copyleft over the network". Key obligations:
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- If you **distribute** the software (binary or source), you must offer the
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corresponding source under AGPL to recipients.
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- If you **modify the software and let users interact with it over a network**
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(e.g. host a BetterFrame admin UI for customers), you must offer those users
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the corresponding modified source under AGPL.
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- **Linking restriction**: any program that combines with this code at compile
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or link time must itself be AGPL-compatible (or you must obtain a commercial
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licence — see below).
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Internal-only deployments inside one organisation where users are employees
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generally do not trigger the network-disclosure clause, but consult your
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counsel — AGPL section 13 is read strictly.
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## Commercial path
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If AGPL is incompatible with your use case — for example you ship a closed
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distribution to customers, embed BetterFrame in a proprietary product, or
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host it as a SaaS without disclosing modifications — purchase a commercial
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licence. See [LICENSE-COMMERCIAL.md](LICENSE-COMMERCIAL.md) for terms +
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contact.
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---
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## Third-party licences
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BetterFrame uses third-party software (GTK4, GStreamer, WebKitGTK, h3, BSB,
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@anyvali/js, htmx, cage, plymouth, etc.) under their respective licences.
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Build artefacts include AGPL-compatible licences from those dependencies; the
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combined work is distributable under AGPL-3.0-only. Commercial-licence
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holders receive an equivalent grant only over BetterFrame's own code —
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third-party dependencies remain under their own terms.
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