Licenses

For Software © by Helmut Jakoby, different license models were chosen depending on the project in order to meet the development and sales requirements of both commercial distributors (such as OEMs, ISVs and VARs) and non-commercial projects.

GNU Affero General Public License

For developers of free, non-commercial software applications who want to combine and distribute their application with Software © by Helmut Jakoby, this license is a good option.
Details can be found in the GNU Affero General Public License: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.en.html

Usage:

You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Adapted "Prosperity Public License"

For developers of free, non-commercial software applications who want to combine and distribute their application with Software © by Helmut Jakoby, this license is a good option.

Purpose

This license allows you to use and share Software © by Helmut Jakoby for noncommercial purposes for free and to try this software for commercial purposes for 30 (thirty) days.

Agreement

In order to receive this license, you have to agree to its rules. Those rules are both obligations under that agreement and conditions to your license. Don’t do anything with this software that triggers a rule you can’t or won’t follow.

Notices

Make sure everyone who gets a copy of any part of your software from you that uses Software © by Helmut Jakoby, with or without changes, also gets the text of this license and the licensor above.

Commercial Trial

Limit your use of Software © by Helmut Jakoby for commercial purposes to a thirty-day trial period. If you use Software © by Helmut Jakoby for work, your company gets one trial period for all personnel, not one trial per person.

Personal Uses

Personal use for research, experiment, and testing for the benefit of public knowledge, personal study, private entertainment, hobby projects, amateur pursuits, or religious observance, without any anticipated commercial application, doesn’t count as use for a commercial purpose. This includes all uses that do not generate commercial profit.

Commercial Use

If you want to use Software © by Helmut Jakoby for commercial purposes (i.e. to make money or within a business), you must purchase a commercial license from the licensor. This means that use is not free if done commercially.

Defense

Don’t make any legal claim against anyone accusing Software © by Helmut Jakoby, with or without changes, alone or with other technology, of infringing any patent.
If you initiate a lawsuit claiming that Software © by Helmut Jakoby violates a patent, your rights under this license terminate.

Patent

The licensor licenses you to do everything with Software © by Helmut Jakoby that would otherwise infringe any patents they can license or become able to license.

Copyright

The licensor licenses you to do everything with Software © by Helmut Jakoby that would otherwise infringe their copyright in it.

Reliability

The licensor cannot revoke this license for this version of Software © by Helmut Jakoby. This means that once granted for this version of Software © by Helmut Jakoby, the license remains in effect for this version of Software © by Helmut Jakoby.

Excuse

You’re excused for unknowingly breaking Notices if you take all practical steps to comply within thirty days of learning you broke the rule.

No Liability

As far as the law allows, Software © by Helmut Jakoby comes as is, without any warranty or condition, and the licensor won’t be liable to anyone for any damages related to Software © by Helmut Jakoby or this license, under any kind of legal claim.

Termination

If you violate the terms of this License (for example, if you use the Software commercially without obtaining a commercial license), your rights to use Software © by Helmut Jakoby will automatically terminate. This means that you may no longer use Software © by Helmut Jakoby.

Summary:

The license allows free use of Software © by Helmut Jakoby for non-commercial purposes and a thirty-day trial period for commercial use. There are clear rules and instructions for use, and the licensor assumes no liability for damages. Violations of the license terms may result in the rights being revoked.

Commercial License

For OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), ISVs (Independent Software Vendors), VARs (Value Added Resellers) and other distributors who combine commercially licensed software with Software © by Helmut Jakoby and distribute it as such or in conjunction with another product and do not wish to release the source code of the commercially licensed software under the adapted "Prosperity Public License", a commercial license is available for this purpose.
Commercial use includes any use that directly or indirectly generates revenue, is used in a business, or is in connection with commercial services, products or offers.

Provisions for commercial users

Acquisition of a commercial license:

Companies that want to use this library in a commercial application, product or service must purchase a paid license. This license grants the right to commercial use under specific terms and conditions set out in the individual license agreement.

Obligation to notify:

Any commercial use must be reported before the first use. The notification must include:

A statement regarding the commercial nature of the use.
Contact information for any queries.

License costs and conditions:

The license costs and other license conditions are set out in a separate commercial license agreement. For further information or to purchase a commercial license, please contact the licensor, as shown in the imprint.

License revocation in case of violations:

In case of commercial use without proper licensing or in case of false information, the Licensor reserves the right to claim damages that exceed the direct damage in order to stop the infringement and protect the rights of the Licensor. In this case, any further use will be considered unlawful.

Examples of commercial use

Selling, renting or otherwise making software containing Software © by Helmut Jakoby available for a fee to customers who install the software on their own computers.
Sale, rental or other provision of software for a fee that requires customers to install Software © by Helmut Jakoby on their own computers.
Creating a hardware system whose required software contains or uses Software © by Helmut Jakoby and selling, renting or otherwise making that hardware system available to customers for installation at their own locations.
The sale, rental or other provision of hardware with pre-installed Software © by Helmut Jakoby components for a fee also requires a commercial license.
Regardless of whether Software © by Helmut Jakoby is included with your own hardware and/or software or not, if the hardware and/or software to be sold, rented or otherwise provided for a fee requires the installation or use of Software © by Helmut Jakoby, a commercial license is required.

Notice of illegal use

I attach great importance to the protection of my software and its lawful use. If you become aware that this software (or parts of it) is being used illegally as a pirated copy, please inform me.
As a thank you, I offer you a 50% share of all resulting license income and any damages awarded, minus any legal fees not recovered, provided your information leads to a successful resolution.
Your information can be treated confidentially. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or tips.
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