From eaed86c39fecb6596813b18fb7de64e110dc262e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kritarth-Dandapat Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2026 22:48:35 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Restrict license to non-commercial use --- LICENSE | 28 +++++++++++++--------------- README.md | 3 ++- package.json | 2 +- 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index ae69750..2dee26a 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,21 +1,19 @@ -MIT License +Vellum Personal and Non-Commercial License Copyright (c) 2026 Kritarth Dandapat -Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy -of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal -in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights -to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell -copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is -furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: +Permission is granted to use, copy, modify, and share this software solely +for personal, educational, research, hobby, and other non-commercial purposes. -The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all -copies or substantial portions of the Software. +Commercial use is prohibited. You may not sell, license, host as a paid +service, include in a commercial product, or otherwise use this software to +generate commercial advantage or monetary compensation without prior written +permission from the copyright holder. + +Redistributions and modified versions must retain this notice and may not be +distributed under terms that permit commercial use. 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 -AUTHORS 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. +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A +PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR +COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 186fbc9..a2ac25c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -33,4 +33,5 @@ Requires `claude-code-acp` / `codex-acp` on PATH and their CLIs signed in anara.com is great but wants its own subscription. Vellum reuses the plan you already pay for, keeps your papers local, and is swappable across AI backends -via ACP. MIT-licensed. +via ACP. Licensed for personal and non-commercial use; commercial use needs +prior written permission. See [LICENSE](LICENSE). diff --git a/package.json b/package.json index 3efc212..970f686 100644 --- a/package.json +++ b/package.json @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ "version": "0.1.0", "description": "Vellum — local-first AI paper workspace that runs on your own Claude/Codex plan via ACP. No extra API key.", "author": "Kritarth Dandapat", - "license": "MIT", + "license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE", "main": "out/main/index.js", "type": "module", "scripts": {