Business Source License 1.1

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

The Business Source License (BUSL) is source-available today and converts to an open-source license (chosen by the licensor, typically Apache-2.0 or GPL) on a pre-declared “Change Date”, typically four years after release. Until that date, commercial use outside a declared “Additional Use Grant” is restricted.

It is popular with venture-backed infrastructure companies that want to ship source code without giving competitors a free path to offer the software as a managed service.

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Business Source License 1.1