key: bsl-1.1
short_name: Business Source License 1.1
name: Business Source License 1.1
category: Source-available
owner: MariaDB
homepage_url: https://mariadb.com/bsl11/
spdx_license_key: BUSL-1.1
other_spdx_license_keys:
  - LicenseRef-scancode-bsl-1.1
faq_url: https://mariadb.com/bsl-faq-mariadb/
other_urls:
  - https://mariadb.com/bsl-faq-adopting/
  - https://mariadb.com/products/mariadb-enterprise
  - https://www.hashicorp.com/bsl
ignorable_copyrights:
  - copyright (c) 2017 MariaDB Corporation Ab
ignorable_holders:
  - MariaDB Corporation Ab
text: |
  Business Source License 1.1

  License text copyright © 2017 MariaDB Corporation Ab, All Rights Reserved.
  "Business Source License" is a trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab.

  Terms

  The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative
  works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work. The
  Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited production
  use.

  Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly
  available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this
  License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under the
  terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph above
  terminate.

  If your use of the Licensed Work does not comply with the requirements currently
  in effect as described in this License, you must purchase a commercial license
  from the Licensor, its affiliated entities, or authorized resellers, or you must
  refrain from using the Licensed Work.

  All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of
  the Licensed Work, are subject to this License. This License applies separately
  for each version of the Licensed Work and the Change Date may vary for each
  version of the Licensed Work released by Licensor.

  You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of
  the Licensed Work. If you receive the Licensed Work in original or modified form
  from a third party, the terms and conditions set forth in this License apply to
  your use of that work.

  Any use of the Licensed Work in violation of this License will automatically
  terminate your rights under this License for the current and all other versions
  of the Licensed Work.

  This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of Licensor
  or its affiliates (provided that you may use a trademark or logo of Licensor as
  expressly required by this License).

  TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED ON AN
  "AS IS" BASIS. LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS
  OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE.MariaDB hereby
  grants you permission to use this License’s text to license your works, and to
  refer to it using the trademark "Business Source License", as long as you comply
  with the Covenants of Licensor below.

  Covenants of Licensor

  In consideration of the right to use this License’s text and the "Business
  Source License" name and trademark, Licensor covenants to MariaDB, and to all
  other recipients of the licensed work to be provided by Licensor:

      1. To specify as the Change License the GPL Version 2.0 or any later
      version, or a license that is compatible with GPL Version 2.0 or a later
      version, where "compatible" means that software provided under the Change
      License can be included in a program with software provided under GPL
      Version 2.0 or a later version. Licensor may specify additional Change
      Licenses without limitation.

      2. To either: (a) specify an additional grant of rights to use that does not
      impose any additional restriction on the right granted in this License, as
      the Additional Use Grant; or (b) insert the text "None".

      3. To specify a Change Date.

      4. Not to modify this License in any other way.

  Notice

  The Business Source License (this document, or the "License") is not an Open
  Source license. However, the Licensed Work will eventually be made available
  under an Open Source License, as stated in this License.