Commercial License
Introduction
Commercial Licenses are required by Independent Software Vendors or other companies or individual wanting to distribute a product linking to compile-time components of PostSharp, but do not want to release their product under any OSI-approved license.
A commercial license is actually an exemption, granted to a specific company for a specific product, to distribute the product without having to release it under an OSI-approved license.
Answers to Concrete Questions
If I buy a commercial license, do my end-users also need a commercial license of PostSharp?
No, unless you allow your users to distribute modules that use compile-time components of PostSharp.
Does the commercial license provide additional warranty protection or support?
No, the commercial license is a pure exemption, and confers no other right. Commercial support may be acquired separately, however.
How can I acquire a commercial license for my project?
Send a license request, where you specify the public name of the project and a brief scope description. After discussion, you will receive a notification of license request acceptation, as well as a call for payment. The exemption will be issued after payment reception.
I have acquired a commercial license. Can my plug-in use another GPL-licensed plug-in that is not a part of the PostSharp distribution?
No. PostSharp's copyright owners do not have the right to exempt you from obligations imposed by third persons.
Exemption Template
This is a template for a product ABC developed by a company XYZ. If you have remarks, or special requirements, we can discuss the customization of the exemption.
Exemption Intent
The copyright holders of PostSharp would like the company XYZ to be able to use compile-time components of PostSharp in their product ABC despite the fact that the product ABC is not released under GPL license.
Date of Issue
This exemption was issued on MMMMMM DD, YYYY.
Terms and Conditions
Definitions
This exemption incorporates the terms and conditions of version 3 of the GNU General Public License, as well as the Additional Terms specific to PostSharp, supplemented by the additional permissions listed below.
The 'program' is the software named "PostSharp", including all modules included in the installation package or in the source code package of the same name, but excluding modules that are available as separate installation packages or source code packages.
The 'combined work' is the product known publicly as ABC, whose scope is defined as follows:
Here should be a brief scope definition of the product ABC.Applicability
The current exemption applies to the latest version of the program released before the date of issue of the current exemption, and to any version released during 365 days following the date of issue of the current exemption.
Exemption
As a special exception to the terms and conditions of version 3.0 of the GPL:
You do not have to license the entire combined work, as a whole, under GNU General Public License, or under any other open-source license, to anyone who comes into possession of a copy.
You do not have to display Appropriate Legal Notices.
You may convey the combined work in object code form without conveying the machine-readable Corresponding Source and Installation Instructions.
Termination
Copyright holders may revocate the current exemption if the payment for the current exemption has not been received 30 days after payment due date.
Once the payment has been received, the current exemption is irrevocable.
However, the GNU General Public License has termination clauses in case of of license violation.
END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS