Depending on the type of your legal entity, you are granted permission to use herbiOS for your project. Individuals are allowed to use herbiOS for their purpose , while a company license is required for for-profit organisations. This two-tier system was designed to ensure funding for this project while still allowing the source code to be available and the program to be free for most. Read below for the exact terms of use.
Copyright © 2021 Johannes Hoffmann
You are eligible to use herbiOS for free if you are:
- an individual
- a non-profit or not-for-profit organisation
- evaluating whether herbiOS is a good fit, and are not yet using it in a commercial way
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person eligible for the "Free license", to use the software non-commercially for the purpose as a smart van system and to modify the software to their own liking, for the purpose of fulfilling their custom use case or to contribute bug fixes or improvements back to herbiOS.
It is not allowed to copy or modify herbiOS code for the purpose of selling, renting, licensing, relicensing, sublicensing your own derivate of herbiOS.
The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the author or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.
Support is provided on a best-we-can-do basis via Github Issues.
You are required to obtain a company license to use herbiOS if you are not within the group of entities eligible for a free license. This license will enable you to use herbiOS for the allowed use cases specified in the free license, and give you access to prioritized support. Contact me for pricing and to buy a license.