License

Sovrium is released under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1). This page summarizes what that means in practice. The authoritative terms are in the LICENSE.md file at the root of the repository.

The Business Source License is not an open-source license today, but the Licensed Work automatically converts to a true open-source license on the Change Date. Until then, every feature is free to use in self-hosted mode — there is no paid edition, no license keys, and no feature gates.

What you can do

You may use Sovrium for any purpose, with a single restriction described below. Permitted uses explicitly include:

Internal business applications for your organization
Client deployments where the client self-hosts and controls the software
Non-commercial personal projects
Educational and research purposes
Contributing improvements back to the project

The one restriction

You may not use Sovrium to provide a hosted or managed service to third parties where Sovrium — or a substantial portion of its functionality — provides the primary value of that service.

"Third parties" means individuals or organizations other than you, your employees, your contractors working solely on your behalf, or your wholly-owned subsidiaries.

Restricted uses (which require a separate commercial license) include:

Offering "Sovrium Cloud Hosting" as a service to customers
Embedding Sovrium as the core feature of a SaaS platform offered to third parties
Providing managed Sovrium instances to customers as a commercial offering
White-labeling Sovrium and selling it as a hosted service

Change Date

On 2030-06-02 — four years from this version's release — the license automatically converts to the Apache License, Version 2.0. From that date, the corresponding version of Sovrium is fully open source.

Copyright

Commercial licensing

If your use falls under the restriction above, a commercial license is available. Contact license@sovrium.com.