Cloth Foundation and Cloth Programming Language
Effective Date: January 1, 2024
The Cloth Foundation and Cloth programming language are distributed under a dual licensing model. Different components of the Cloth ecosystem may be licensed under different terms as specified below.
Used for core Cloth language components, compiler, and most development tools. Permits commercial use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions.
Used for certain enterprise components and contributions that require patent protection. Provides additional patent grant and explicit patent protection.
Components: Cloth Compiler, Core Language, Standard Library, Development Tools
Copyright: © 2024 Cloth Foundation
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.
Components: Enterprise Tools, Advanced Libraries, Patent-Protected Components
Copyright: © 2024 Cloth Foundation
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
When using Cloth in your projects, you may choose either the MIT or Apache 2.0 license for your own code, regardless of which license the Cloth components you use are licensed under.
Both licenses permit commercial use. The Apache 2.0 license provides additional patent protection, which may be preferred for enterprise applications.
Both licenses require that you include the original copyright notice and license text in any distribution of the software.
Contributions to the Cloth project are accepted under the same license as the component you are contributing to, unless otherwise specified.
IMPORTANT: This license information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. For specific legal questions regarding the use of Cloth software, please consult with a qualified attorney.
The Cloth Foundation makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the accuracy or completeness of this license information. Users are responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
In case of any conflict between this document and the actual license texts, the official license texts shall prevail.
Document Version: 1.0
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
Next Review: January 1, 2025