From 8102fb86bd35e1f14ac097f475059cf5335116ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Renata Baldissara-Kunnela Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 13:49:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] chore(license): switch from MIT to BSL 1.1 with Change Date 2030-05-15 to MIT - LICENSE: replace MIT text with canonical Business Source License 1.1 template (Licensor: FriendlyAI / Renata Baldissara-Kunnela; Licensed Work: paybot-sdk; Change Date: 2030-05-15; Change License: MIT; Additional Use Grant blocks competing hosted/embedded offerings only) - package.json: license field MIT -> BUSL-1.1 (canonical SPDX identifier) - README.md: update license section to reflect BSL 1.1 with auto-conversion to MIT on 2030-05-15 and the competitive-service carve-out Rationale: commercial protection of the paybot-sdk facilitator surface through the Change Date, after which the work auto-converts to MIT (fully open source). No API or runtime changes. --- LICENSE | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- README.md | 4 +- package.json | 2 +- 3 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 0034708..65a40e9 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,21 +1,105 @@ -MIT License - -Copyright (c) 2026 RBKunnela - -Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy -of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal -in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights -to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell -copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is -furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: - -The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all -copies or substantial portions of the Software. - -THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR -IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, -FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 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Not to modify this License in any other way. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 13e269b..31e4c66 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -189,4 +189,6 @@ const client = new PayBotClient({ ## License -[MIT](LICENSE) +[Business Source License 1.1](LICENSE) (BUSL-1.1) — auto-converts to [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) on 2030-05-15. + +Non-production use is permitted without restriction. Production use is permitted **except** for offering the Licensed Work to third parties on a hosted or embedded basis that competes with the Licensor's paid version(s). For commercial licensing, contact the Licensor. diff --git a/package.json b/package.json index 992321c..28f5d77 100644 --- a/package.json +++ b/package.json @@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ "bot-payments" ], "author": "RBKunnela", - "license": "MIT", + "license": "BUSL-1.1", "repository": { "type": "git", "url": "git+https://github.com/RBKunnela/paybot-sdk.git" From accacb814d5f086ac9df902d0a97de3be01ccc95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Renata Baldissara-Kunnela Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 13:56:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] chore(license): narrow Use Grant to Licensed Work distribution only (contributor-friendly) --- LICENSE | 10 +--------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index 65a40e9..9a86bb5 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -9,15 +9,7 @@ Licensed Work: paybot-sdk The Licensed Work is (c) 2026 FriendlyAI / Renata Baldissara-Kunnela. -Additional Use Grant: You may make production use of the Licensed Work, - provided such use does not include offering the - Licensed Work to third parties on a hosted or embedded - basis in order to compete with the Licensor's paid - version(s) of the Licensed Work. For purposes of this - license, providing the Licensed Work as a service - that exposes substantially the same functionality - offered by the Licensor's paid product(s), to third - parties for a fee, constitutes a competing offering. +Additional Use Grant: You may make production use of the Licensed Work, provided that you do not offer the Licensed Work to third parties as a hosted or embedded SDK or library product that competes with paybot-sdk distribution. Change Date: 2030-05-15 From decdd831be32cce88304fe037a4f96b6d3187203 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Renata Baldissara-Kunnela Date: Fri, 15 May 2026 20:48:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] docs(readme): align license restriction wording with LICENSE verbatim CodeRabbit flagged README line 194 dropping the "for a fee" qualifier present in LICENSE line 20. Mirror the LICENSE phrase exactly to remove legal ambiguity between the README summary and the binding license text. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 31e4c66..2c08caf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -191,4 +191,4 @@ const client = new PayBotClient({ [Business Source License 1.1](LICENSE) (BUSL-1.1) — auto-converts to [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) on 2030-05-15. -Non-production use is permitted without restriction. Production use is permitted **except** for offering the Licensed Work to third parties on a hosted or embedded basis that competes with the Licensor's paid version(s). For commercial licensing, contact the Licensor. +Non-production use is permitted without restriction. Production use is permitted **except** for offering the Licensed Work to third parties on a hosted or embedded basis that competes with the Licensor's paid version(s), including services exposing substantially the same functionality to third parties for a fee. For commercial licensing, contact the Licensor.