# License

> Nodaro's code is source-available under the Nodaro Sustainable Use License. See who may use it for free, when a commercial license is needed, and other tiers.

Source: https://nodaro.ai/docs/self-hosting/license

Nodaro's code is **source-available** under the **Nodaro Sustainable Use License**. It is free for personal use, for development, testing and evaluation at any company size, and for internal business use by organizations of up to 3 people. Organizations of 4 or more people need a commercial license to use it in production. Offering Nodaro to others as a hosted service needs a commercial license at any size.

**A summary, not legal advice:** 
This page summarizes the license. The [license text](https://github.com/nodaroai/app.nodaro.ai/blob/main/LICENSE) on GitHub is what applies. For questions or a commercial license, write to license@nodaro.ai.

## What the Sustainable Use License allows

| Use | Allowed under the license? |
| --- | --- |
| Personal or non-commercial use | Yes |
| Development, testing and evaluation, at any company size | Yes, when it is not production: no production data, no end users and no live business workflow |
| Internal business use by an organization of up to 3 people | Yes |
| Internal business use in production by an organization of 4 or more people | Needs a commercial license |
| Creating content with Nodaro and selling it | Yes, within the limits on organization size above, as long as your customers do not use Nodaro's features themselves |
| Offering Nodaro to people outside your organization as a hosted or managed service | No, at any company size, free or paid. This includes SaaS, white-labeling, embedding it in a product or service you sell, and running it for clients. It needs a separate commercial license. |

**How people are counted.** The size of your organization is its total headcount, however many of those people use Nodaro. Count founders, officers, employees and contractors, full-time or part-time, across all affiliated companies. Clients who only receive the videos, images or audio you make do not count.

The license also asks you to keep its licensing and copyright notices, and to include its terms when you give the software to others. Modified copies must carry a prominent notice. You may distribute the software only free of charge and for non-commercial purposes.

## The other license tiers

The repository has four license tiers, set by file path:

| Code | License | In short |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Everything not listed below | Nodaro Sustainable Use License | As described above. |
| Folders named `ee`, and files with `.ee.` in their name | Nodaro Enterprise License | Free to read, modify and run for development and testing. Using Enterprise features in production needs a Nodaro Cloud or Nodaro Enterprise subscription. |
| `@nodaro/prompts`, the prompt layer | FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0 | Free for any use that does not compete with Nodaro, including commercial apps built on Nodaro. Each version becomes Apache 2.0 two years after its release. |
| `@nodaro/sdk`, `@nodaro/shared` and `@nodaro/cli` | Apache License 2.0 | Embed them in commercial applications freely. |

**Enterprise code in the Docker image.** The official image contains Enterprise code. You can run it in production without a subscription when two conditions hold. You qualify under the Sustainable Use License, and you neither install an Enterprise license key nor enable Enterprise features. Dormant Enterprise code needs no subscription. The Business edition's admin panel and user management are Enterprise features: see [Editions and surface profiles](https://nodaro.ai/docs/self-hosting/editions-and-profiles).

**Third-party components** keep their own licenses. In particular, the video compositions build on Remotion, which has its own company license: free for individuals and companies of up to 3 employees, paid above that. Self-hosters are responsible for complying with third-party licenses.

## Your content

The images, videos and audio you generate are yours. The license restrictions apply to the software, not to the content you create with it. See the [terms](https://nodaro.ai/terms) for output ownership.

## Branches

The licenses cover the `main` branch of the public repository. The content of other branches, such as `dev`, is provided for reference and development only.

## Trademarks

The code licenses give no rights to the Nodaro name, logo or brand. You may say that your product "is built on Nodaro" or "is powered by Nodaro", without suggesting endorsement. If you distribute or host a fork publicly, rebrand it with your own name, logo and URLs. See [TRADEMARKS.md](https://github.com/nodaroai/app.nodaro.ai/blob/main/TRADEMARKS.md).

## Where to read more

- The full [license overview](https://github.com/nodaroai/app.nodaro.ai/blob/main/LICENSE.md), with a FAQ.
- The [Sustainable Use License text](https://github.com/nodaroai/app.nodaro.ai/blob/main/LICENSE).
- The [contributor agreement](https://nodaro.ai/docs/self-hosting/contributing#license-and-contributor-agreement), which applies to every contribution.
- For a commercial license, a Nodaro Enterprise subscription or any question: license@nodaro.ai.

## Frequently asked questions

### Is Nodaro open source?

Nodaro is source-available, under the Nodaro Sustainable Use License. You can read, run, modify and self-host the code, with limits on production use by larger organizations and on offering it to others as a service. The SDK packages are Apache 2.0.

### Can my company self-host Nodaro for free?

For internal business use, if your organization has no more than 3 people in all, counting founders, employees and contractors. Development, testing and evaluation are free at any size. Production use by a larger organization needs a commercial license.

### Can I offer Nodaro to my own customers as a service?

Not under the Sustainable Use License, at any company size, whether you charge for it or not. Hosting it for others, embedding it in a product you sell or white-labeling it needs a commercial license from Nodaro.

### Do I own the images and videos I make with Nodaro?

Yes. The license restricts the software, not the content you create with it. You may sell content made with Nodaro, within the license's limits on organization size, as long as your customers do not use Nodaro's features themselves.

### Can I use the Nodaro SDK in a commercial app?

Yes. @nodaro/sdk, @nodaro/shared and @nodaro/cli are published under the Apache License 2.0, which allows commercial use, changes and redistribution.