# Licensing

Kaizoku Service Manager is **dual-licensed**.

## 1. Open-source license (default)

The software is licensed under the **GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0**
(see [LICENSE](LICENSE)). Under the AGPL you may use, modify, and distribute it for
free, provided that:

- you keep the copyright and license notices intact (attribution),
- any modified version you distribute **or make available over a network** is also
  released under the AGPL, with its complete corresponding source code, and
- you do not relicense it under more permissive or proprietary terms.

This is the right choice for personal use, open-source projects, and anyone happy to
comply with the AGPL's copyleft terms.

## 2. Commercial license (paid)

If you cannot or do not want to comply with the AGPL — for example, you want to:

- ship it inside a **closed-source or proprietary product**,
- offer it as part of a hosted/SaaS service without publishing your source, or
- otherwise use it without the AGPL's copyleft obligations,

then you need a **separate commercial license**, granted by the copyright holder.

A commercial license can include the right to use the software under terms that waive
the AGPL copyleft requirements, plus optional support.

**To obtain a commercial license, contact:**

- TsunayoshiSawada — animekaizokux@gmail.com

## Contributions

By submitting a contribution (pull request, patch, etc.) you agree that the copyright
holder may license your contribution under **both** the AGPL and the commercial
license above. This keeps dual-licensing possible. A formal Contributor License
Agreement (CLA) may be required before contributions are merged.

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advice. The full terms are in [LICENSE](LICENSE)._