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chore(license): switch from MIT to BSL 1.1 with Change Date 2030-05-1…
Renatabk May 15, 2026
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chore(license): narrow Use Grant to Licensed Work distribution only (…
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docs(readme): align license restriction wording with LICENSE verbatim
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118 changes: 97 additions & 21 deletions LICENSE
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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. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
License text copyright (c) 2026 FriendlyAI / Renata Baldissara-Kunnela, All Rights Reserved.

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Provide a rationale for the competitive-service carve-out in the PR description to justify its necessity and strategic alignment.

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medium: The change to Business Source License 1.1 may not be well understood by users familiar with open-source licenses, potentially affecting adoption. 

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Include a brief explanation of the Business Source License and its implications for users in the PR description or README.
"Business Source License" is a trademark of MariaDB plc.

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Licensor: FriendlyAI / Renata Baldissara-Kunnela

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 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

Change License: MIT License, as published by the Open Source Initiative
at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
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To ensure the "Change License" terms are fully self-contained and legally unambiguous, it is a best practice to include the full text of the MIT license at the end of this file. Relying solely on a URL for the Change License terms can be problematic if the link becomes unavailable or if there is any ambiguity about which specific variation of the MIT license is intended when the Change Date is reached in 2030.


For information about alternative licensing arrangements for the Licensed
Work, please contact the Licensor.

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.

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Business Source License 1.1

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.

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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
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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.
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**Quick start guide**: See [SELF_HOSTING.md](./SELF_HOSTING.md) in this repository.

**Full deployment guide**: See [DEPLOYMENT.md](https://github.com/RBKunnela/paybot-core/blob/main/DEPLOYMENT.md) in paybot-core repository.

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Clarify the implications of the Business Source License in the README to ensure users understand the conditions under which they can use the SDK.
## 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), including services exposing substantially the same functionality to third parties for a fee. For commercial licensing, contact the Licensor.
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"bot-payments"
],
"author": "RBKunnela",
"license": "MIT",
"license": "BUSL-1.1",
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While the license field is correctly updated to BUSL-1.1, there is an inconsistency between the author field ("RBKunnela") and the Licensor specified in the LICENSE file ("FriendlyAI / Renata Baldissara-Kunnela"). For legal clarity and consistency, especially under a commercial license like BSL, consider updating the author field to match the Licensor's full name or entity.

"repository": {
"type": "git",
"url": "git+https://github.com/RBKunnela/paybot-sdk.git"
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