Xanjax IPR & Licensing

Introduction

Many hundreds of hours work has gone into the development of Xanjax. The license I have chosen will ensure that the public version of Xanjax remains free for everyone to use and modify for all time.

None of the license is intended to prevent you from using Xanjax to make a profit. Obviously the licence doesn't permit anyone except the original copyright holder to derive commercial software from Xanjax, or to otherwise gain profit or status by mis-representation. There are few other restrictions however. If you can use Xanjax to build a profitable website, you are most welcome to do so.

Unfortunately, some not so nice individuals in the world think nothing of stealing other people's hard work to use as their own, either for undue profit or for unearned status. Parts of the license that perhaps sound a bit harsh, are mainly for them.

Finally, the license encourages (but does not enforce) people making changes to Xanjax to offer them for inclusion in the official free version. Note however that the Xanjax project is never under any obligation to include contributed works in official Xanjax releases and that if you ever change Xanjax code in any way, even if the changes are not included in the official release, you must still make those changes publically available using the same free licence under which you received Xanjax.

I hope that you will enjoy using Xanjax and profit from its use. I also hope that you will repsect at all times the license, and my personal copyright and trademarks in Xanjax. I have given Xanjax to the world for the greater good, but it would also be nice if all my hard work helps feed my family (and me) in some way.

Thanks for taking the time to respect the Xanjax license.

David Chapman Founder / Lead Developer

License Preamble

Xanjax is released as free software under the GNU Affero General Public License Version 3.0; Most people will want to use it that way.

Xanjax was parallel released by the founding developer under a limited commercial license for users who may want or need to use a commercial license. No other user or developer has the option of creating a commercial version of Xanjax as it would be a clear breach of the Affero GPL Version 3.0

To integrate Xanjax with non-GNU software in a manner which would be incompatible with the GNU Affero General Public License, or to use any portions of Xanjax to supplement proprietary development you MUST contact xanjax.org to obtain a commercial license. The Xanjax Project reserves the right to use web spiders, or any other means at its disposal, to locate any instances where licencing may have been breached.

Xanjax Free Software License - Quick Summary

Xanjax is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version, subject to additional terms under Item 7, stated below.

Xanjax is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with Xanjax; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA; alternatively, view and/or download the Affero GPL License Version 3.0 online.

Xanjax License - Additional Terms

Additional provisions, under the terms of item 7 of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, apply to your license to use, distribute and/or modify Xanjax.

7a. Xanjax is not a consumer product; THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY NOR IMPLIED MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE; NOR DOES THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OR ANY CONTRIBUTOR ACCEPT ANY LIABILITY WHATSOEVER IN CONNECTION WITH ANY USE, OR MISUSE, OF THE PRODUCT. All users and contractors have full access to the source, and should self assess the reliability, suitability, and risk of using Xanjax for their particular purpose. ANY USER OR CONTRACTOR UNABLE TO FULLY ACCEPT ANY AND ALL RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THEIR INTENDED USE OF Xanjax MAY NOT USE THE PRODUCT AT ALL.

7b. Any legal notices regarding licensing, trademarks, warranty, and/or liability must remain within each file, unaltered, as in the original download of Xanjax. All separate files containing legal notices regarding licensing, trademarks, warranty, and/or liability must reside in each and every directory containing any GPL Xanjax file.

7c. All modified versions of Xanjax which differ in any way from official releases available from xanjax.org must include a short statement at the top of each and every modified file clearly identifying the author/s of any changes, including contact details, clearly linking them to changes which are not part of the official Xanjax release series.

7d. Unofficial versions or forks of Xanjax may not represent themselves as being official versions of Xanjax, nor may they use the name Xanjax or any Xanjax Logos in any way. They may, however, refer their users and/or developers to xanjax.org as the original source of Xanjax.

7e. Xanjax and All Xanjax Logos are trademarks of David Chapman, openPC Labs, and may not be used by any third party without permission. However, an official 'Live Xanjax' or equivalent link/logo is available from xanjax.org/livelogo.html. Its use is encouraged by websites using official versions of Xanjax, but it must be combined with a working hyperlink to http://xanjax.org/.

7f. Any person or organisation conveying or distributing Xanjax (or any derived or modified version) with any contractual assumptions of liability to the recipient, agrees to wholly and permanently indemnify licensors and authors of Xanjax against any loss or legal liability whatsoever which these contractual assumptions directly impose on those licensors and authors.

Xanjax is available for a fee under a commercial license for people or organisations wishing to integrate it with other non-GNU software in a manner which is incompatible with the GNU Affero General Public License. For details, contact xanjax.org

Xanjax Trademarks - Quick Summary

Xanjax and All Xanjax Logos are Trademarks of David Chapman, openPC Labs. Third parties are restricted in their use of Xanjax by additional terms under Item 7 of the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. See Above. If you wish to use the name Xanjax, or a Xanjax Logo, either seek permission in writing from xanjax.org for your desired use, or comply with the requirements and use the official Xanjax link/logo available at xanjax.org/livelogo.html.