# Licence

> Status: Available. The server is source-available under FSL-1.1-ALv2 and converts to Apache 2.0 two years after each release. Clients are Apache-2.0.

| Component | Licence |
|---|---|
| Server and engine | **FSL-1.1-ALv2**, the Functional Source License 1.1 with an Apache 2.0 future licence. Licensor: ComputerEyes |
| Client SDKs, drivers, the MCP server and examples | **Apache-2.0**. These are planned; none is published yet |

## What FSL-1.1-ALv2 means

- The source is available. You may use, copy, modify and redistribute it for any purpose **other than a competing use**, as the licence defines it.
- **Each release converts to Apache 2.0 two years after it is published.**
- It is a source-available licence. It is not an OSI-approved open-source licence until that conversion, and this site does not call the server open source.

Read the licence text itself before you rely on this summary. The text governs.

## Bring your own cloud

When packaged bring-your-own-cloud installs exist, they will sell updates and support. A deployment keeps serving if its subscription lapses; only updates and support stop.

## Status

The licence decision is made. Pre-beta builds are distributed to invited testers; a public source release has not happened yet.

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Source: https://gauntlet-db.stavros.xyz/docs/licence