LICENSE: tighten Keysat Source-Available License to v1.0
Custom source-available license, sharpened against several
ambiguities flagged in license review. Substance unchanged from
intent: operators can audit, run, modify, and sell licenses for
their own products through an instance they operate; reselling
the software itself or running it as a managed service for third
parties is forbidden. SDKs remain MIT in their own repos.
Concrete edits versus the prior draft:
- Added SPDX-Short-Identifier line (LicenseRef-Keysat-1.0) so
package metadata scanners can reference a stable name.
- New Section 1 (Definitions): "the Software", "You", "Internal
Use", "Modifications", "Managed Service" — closes the "is a
rented VPS internal use?" / "is publicly hosting on Tor a
managed service?" gaps.
- Internal Use explicitly includes rented compute. Managed
Service explicitly carves out "your own customers receiving
signed license keys" so the intended buy-page flow can never
be misread as forbidden.
- Section 3 (Restrictions) reworded for clarity:
- (a) "distribute compiled binaries" rather than ambiguous
"redistribute the source code" — source forks for audit /
contribution remain permitted under the trailing paragraph.
- (b) "provide ... as a Managed Service" — clean Elastic-v2
style phrasing in place of "publicly host a copy that is
accessible to or operable by parties other than yourself."
- Public source-code forks on GitHub explicitly permitted.
- Section 4 (Contributions): clarified as a non-exclusive
license-back, not a copyright assignment. Contributors retain
ownership.
- Section 6 (Termination): added "destroy or permanently delete
all copies" on termination + named the survival sections.
- Section 7 (Entire Agreement): added.
For commercial redistribution, resale, or hosted-service rights,
operators still email licensing@keysat.xyz — that's now
explicitly the single contact point at the bottom of the file.
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Source-Available License
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Keysat Source-Available License 1.0
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SPDX-Short-Identifier: LicenseRef-Keysat-1.0
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Copyright (c) 2026 Keysat
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Copyright (c) 2026 Keysat
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This source code is made available so that users and operators may audit,
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The terms below govern Your rights to access and use this software.
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study, and self-host this software. It is NOT open source. The following
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By using the software in any way, You accept these terms in full.
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terms apply:
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1. GRANT. Subject to the restrictions below, you are permitted to:
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(a) view, study, and audit the source code;
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(b) compile and run the software for your own internal use on a server
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you own or control, including operating it to sell licenses to your
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own software products;
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(c) modify the source code for the purposes of (a) and (b), provided
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modified copies remain subject to this license.
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2. RESTRICTIONS. You may NOT:
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1. DEFINITIONS
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(a) redistribute the source code, compiled binaries, or derivative works
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to third parties, whether free of charge or for a fee;
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(b) sell, sublicense, lease, rent, or otherwise commercialize the
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software itself (as distinguished from selling licenses to your own
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software products via an instance of the software);
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(c) remove or obscure copyright notices or this license text;
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(d) publicly host a copy of this software that is accessible to or
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operable by parties other than yourself, your employees, or your
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contractors acting on your behalf.
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3. CONTRIBUTIONS. Any contributions you submit to the upstream project are
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"the Software" means this source code distribution and any
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licensed back to the copyright holder under the same terms and may be
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binaries built from it, in whole or in part, including any
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incorporated, relicensed, or redistributed by the copyright holder at
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Modifications.
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its discretion.
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4. NO WARRANTY. The software is provided "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
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"You" means the individual or legal entity exercising rights
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KIND, express or implied. In no event shall the copyright holder be
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under this license.
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liable for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from the
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software or its use.
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5. TERMINATION. Any violation of these terms terminates your rights under
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"Internal Use" means use of the Software by You, Your employees,
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this license automatically.
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or Your contractors acting on Your behalf, including operating
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the Software on infrastructure deployed by You (including rented
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compute such as VPS or cloud instances You control) to support
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Your own products and operations.
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For commercial redistribution or resale rights, contact licensing@keysat.xyz.
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"Modifications" means any changes, additions, deletions, or
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derivative works that You make to the Software's source code.
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"Managed Service" means hosting the Software, or any substantial
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portion of its functionality, in a manner that allows third
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parties (other than Your employees or contractors acting on Your
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behalf) to use it through a network interface, or to take
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advantage of its functionality as a service or product offered
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to them. Your own customers receiving signed license keys from
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an instance of the Software You operate are NOT a Managed Service
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under this definition — that is the intended use case.
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2. GRANT OF RIGHTS
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Subject to the restrictions in Section 3, the copyright holder
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grants You a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to:
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(a) view, study, and audit the source code of the Software;
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(b) compile, install, and run the Software for Internal Use,
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including operating an instance as Your private licensing
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service to issue signed license keys for software products
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You sell or distribute;
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(c) make Modifications to the Software for the purposes of (a)
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and (b), provided that Modifications remain subject to this
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license.
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3. RESTRICTIONS
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You may NOT, without prior written permission from the copyright
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holder:
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(a) distribute compiled binaries of the Software, or any
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derivative works in compiled form, to third parties, whether
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free of charge or for a fee;
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(b) provide the Software, or any substantial portion of its
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functionality, as a Managed Service;
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(c) sell, sublicense, lease, rent, or otherwise commercialize the
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Software itself (as distinguished from selling licenses to
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Your own software products through an instance of the
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Software You operate, which is expressly permitted under
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Section 2(b));
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(d) remove, alter, or obscure any copyright notices, license
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text, attribution lines, or this license file embedded in or
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accompanying the Software.
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Public source-code forks (for example, on GitHub) are permitted
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provided that the fork carries this license unchanged and does
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not enable, facilitate, or attempt to circumvent any of the
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prohibitions above.
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4. CONTRIBUTIONS
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By submitting any contribution to the upstream project (code,
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documentation, designs, or other materials), You grant the
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copyright holder a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive,
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royalty-free, irrevocable license to use, reproduce, modify,
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relicense, distribute, and incorporate Your contribution as part
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of the Software or any future version of it, under the terms of
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this license or any later license the copyright holder adopts.
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You retain ownership of Your contribution; this Section grants
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a license-back, not an assignment of copyright.
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5. NO WARRANTY
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
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OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND
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NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE
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LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
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ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR
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IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
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THE SOFTWARE.
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6. TERMINATION
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This license, and all rights granted to You under it, terminate
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automatically upon any breach of its terms. Upon termination,
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You must immediately cease all use of the Software and destroy
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or permanently delete all copies in Your possession or control.
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Sections 4 (Contributions), 5 (No Warranty), and 6 (Termination)
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survive any termination.
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7. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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This license constitutes the entire agreement between You and
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the copyright holder regarding the Software and supersedes any
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prior agreements, oral or written. No modification of this
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license is effective unless made in writing and signed by the
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copyright holder.
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For commercial redistribution, resale, hosted-service, or any
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other rights not expressly granted above, contact:
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licensing@keysat.xyz.
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