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* docs(license): state that free public hosting still needs a commercial license (MUL-5558)
Condition 1a's operative sentence restricts providing a hosted service to
third parties without qualifying it by commerciality, but clause 1's
preamble frames the whole section around commercial use, so a reader can
argue that a free public instance escapes (a). A downstream fork asked
exactly this question, which is evidence enough that the ambiguity is real.
Say it directly: hosting for third parties is restricted whether or not a
fee is charged. Free hosting is the substitution risk the condition exists
to price, so leaving it to inference is the wrong default.
Also state the other half explicitly: publishing a fork's source is not a
hosted service and needs no commercial license, but it conveys no hosting
right downstream — each operator needs its own.
This ports the net content of commit ae73ad1e3 (stranded on the merged
PR #6197 branch, whose LICENSE predates #6206) onto the current Multica
License structure.
Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
* docs(license): drop the relicensing implication from the source-distribution bullet (MUL-5558)
Review found two defects in the fork-distribution bullet:
- "publishing a fork under an open-source license" could be read as
permitting the fork to be relicensed as a whole. An OSD-compliant
license cannot carry the hosting restriction, so that reading would
contradict condition 3(d)'s requirement to deliver the complete
Multica License on redistribution. Describe the act (publishing the
fork's source) instead of a licensing regime.
- "remains subject to conditions (b) and (c)" enumerates too narrowly,
implying Part II and condition 3 do not apply. Say "all applicable
terms of this Multica License" with an illustrative reference instead.
Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
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Co-authored-by: Bohan-J <bohan@devv.ai>
Co-authored-by: multica-agent <github@multica.ai>
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# Multica License
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Multica is provided under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 —
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the complete, unmodified text of which is reproduced in Part II of this
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file — subject to the additional conditions in Part I.
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Part I and Part II together constitute the "Multica License". Neither part
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grants any rights on its own. Condition 3 states how the two parts fit
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together and what must be delivered when you redistribute.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Part I — Additional Conditions
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1. Multica may be utilized commercially, including as a backend service for
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other applications or as a task management platform for enterprises,
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subject to the following conditions:
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a. Hosted or embedded service: Unless you have obtained a commercial
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license from the producer, you may not use the Multica source code
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to provide a hosted service to third parties, or embed Multica as a
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component of a product or service that is sold, licensed, or
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otherwise commercially distributed to third parties.
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- This restriction applies to offering Multica (in whole or
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substantial part) as a SaaS platform, a managed service, or as
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an integrated component within another commercial offering.
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- Providing a hosted service to third parties is restricted whether
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or not you charge for it. A publicly accessible instance operated
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for users outside your own organization requires a commercial
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license even when it is offered free of charge, carries no
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advertising, and sells no paid tier.
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- Internal use within a single organization (including multiple
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workspaces) does not require a commercial license.
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- Making the source code available, including publishing the source
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code of a fork in a public repository, is not itself a hosted
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service and does not require a commercial license. Any such
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distribution remains subject to all applicable terms of this
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Multica License, including conditions (b) and (c) below and
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condition 3. Source distribution does not grant recipients the
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right to operate a hosted service; each operator must obtain its
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own commercial license.
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b. Branding and copyright information: Unless the producer has granted
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you a written branding waiver, you may not remove or modify the
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Multica LOGO, the Multica product name, or the copyright and
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attribution information displayed by a Multica user interface.
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- User Interface Definition: For the purposes of this license, a
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"Multica user interface" means any user interface derived, in whole
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or in substantial part, from the user interface code in this
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repository. This includes the components located in the
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`apps/web/`, `apps/desktop/`, `apps/mobile/`, `packages/views/`,
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and `packages/ui/` directories when running Multica from the raw
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source code, the frontend container image (published as
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`ghcr.io/multica-ai/multica-web`) when running Multica with
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Docker, and any compiled desktop or mobile application built from
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that code. That enumeration is illustrative rather than
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exhaustive: user interface code remains covered when it is
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modified, moved, renamed, or extracted into another package or
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repository.
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- This restriction is inapplicable to uses of Multica that do not
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involve a Multica user interface, such as running only the
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`server/` backend, the daemon, or the CLI without redistributing
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or operating any Multica user interface. Such uses remain subject
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to condition (c) below.
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c. Attribution for non-interface use: If you redistribute or operate a
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product or service built on Multica's backend, daemon, or CLI
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without a Multica user interface, you must retain all copyright,
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patent, trademark, and attribution notices present in the source
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code and in the NOTICE file, and state in your user-facing
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documentation that the product is built on Multica, including a link
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to https://github.com/multica-ai/multica.
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d. Relationship between grants: A branding waiver is not a commercial
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license and does not permit any use restricted by condition (a). A
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commercial license does not by itself waive condition (b) or
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condition (c). Each grant must be obtained from the producer
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expressly and separately, and neither may be inferred from the other
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or from the producer's silence, review, or acceptance of your
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contributions.
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2. Contributions: By submitting a contribution to Multica, you agree that:
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a. The producer can adjust this Multica License to be more strict or
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relaxed as deemed necessary.
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b. Your contributed code may be used for commercial purposes, including
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but not limited to its cloud business operations.
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c. Your contribution is submitted under this Multica License as a whole,
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as described in condition 3, and not under Part II alone.
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3. Composition, precedence, and redistribution:
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a. This entire file is the Multica License. Part I (these additional
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conditions) and Part II (the incorporated Apache License, Version
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2.0) together form a single set of terms. Apart from the conditions
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stated in Part I, all other rights and restrictions follow Part II.
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b. Wherever Part II refers to "this License", that reference means the
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Multica License as a whole — Part I and Part II together — and not
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Part II in isolation. This includes the copy of the License that
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section 4(a) of Part II requires you to give to recipients, and the
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terms under which section 5 of Part II treats a contribution as
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submitted.
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c. If Part I and Part II conflict, Part I controls.
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d. If you redistribute Multica or a derivative work of it, you must
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deliver this complete file. Delivering Part II alone does not
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satisfy the Multica License or section 4(a) of Part II.
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© 2025-2026 Multica, Inc.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Part II — Incorporated Apache License 2.0 Text
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The text below is reproduced verbatim and unmodified from
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https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt. It is incorporated into
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the Multica License as described in condition 3 above.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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