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Compensation thresholds
Free operational use within personal wealth and organizational compensation thresholds; paid licenses support software creators.
Conditions: Personal net worth, executive-to-median-worker compensation ratio, and the license’s consolidated-organization definitions.
Compensation thresholds
Free for individuals and fair-labor-compliant organizations; everyone else buys a license so the people who did the work are compensated.
Conditions: Personal net worth, executive-to-median-worker compensation ratio, and the license’s consolidated-organization definitions.
Worker ownership
Commercial use is permitted for worker-owned businesses or collectives that distribute all financial gain among the worker-owners. Other commercial users need separately granted permissions.
Conditions: Ownership and distribution of financial gains; noncommercial uses are also covered.
Noncommercial use
Permits the noncommercial purposes defined in the license. Commercial use needs separate permission.
Conditions: Purpose of use, including the license’s defined personal and organizational uses.
Business size
Permits qualifying companies with fewer than 100 workers and less than US$1 million in prior-year revenue, measured in 2019 dollars and adjusted for inflation. Both limits apply.
Conditions: Employee and contractor count, prior-tax-year revenue, inflation and controlled organizations.
Source sharing
Allows commercial use subject to copyleft obligations, including source offers to remote users of modified versions. A paid alternative must be offered separately.
Conditions: Distribution, modification and network interaction with a modified program.
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