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Copyright (c) Vitaliy Filippov (vitalif [at] yourcmc.ru), 2019+ |
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All server-side code (OSD, Monitor and so on) is licensed under the terms of |
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Vitastor Network Public License 1.1 (VNPL 1.1), a copyleft license based on |
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GNU GPLv3.0 with the additional "Network Interaction" clause which requires |
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opensourcing all programs directly or indirectly interacting with Vitastor |
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through a computer network and expressly designed to be used in conjunction |
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with it ("Proxy Programs"). Proxy Programs may be made public not only under |
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the terms of the same license, but also under the terms of any GPL-Compatible |
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Free Software License, as listed by the Free Software Foundation. |
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This is a stricter copyleft license than the Affero GPL. |
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Please note that VNPL doesn't require you to open the code of proprietary |
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software running inside a VM if it's not specially designed to be used with |
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Vitastor. |
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Basically, you can't use the software in a proprietary environment to provide |
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its functionality to users without opensourcing all intermediary components |
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standing between the user and Vitastor or purchasing a commercial license |
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from the author 😀. |
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Client libraries (cluster_client and so on) are dual-licensed under the same |
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VNPL 1.1 and also GNU GPL 2.0 or later to allow for compatibility with GPLed |
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software like QEMU and fio. |
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You can find the full text of VNPL-1.1 in the file [VNPL-1.1.txt](VNPL-1.1.txt). |
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GPL 2.0 is also included in this repository as [GPL-2.0.txt](GPL-2.0.txt). |
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