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Licensing

late.sh is source-available under FSL-1.1-MIT.

This file is not the license text. It is a plain-English explanation of how the project is intended to be used.

Why this repo uses FSL

late.sh is not just code. It is a live, shared clubhouse: the official SSH server, chat rooms, streams, leaderboards, and community all depend on one network staying alive.

The license is set up to allow people to read the code, run it privately, modify it, audit it, and contribute improvements, while preventing someone from standing up a competing hosted service during the protected period.

What you can do

  • Read, audit, clone, and modify the source.
  • Build and run the software locally for development, testing, and evaluation.
  • Use it internally inside your own organization.
  • Use it for non-commercial education and non-commercial research.
  • Private forks and contributions are welcome.
  • Submit pull requests and patches.
  • Redistribute copies or forks, as long as you keep the same license terms and notices.

What you cannot do during the FSL period

  • Run a public hosted service that competes with late.sh.
  • Run public competing networks, rebranded community forks, or hosted services that fragment the official late.sh network.
  • Sell or bundle a hosted product that is a substitute for late.sh.
  • Rebrand this codebase into a competing network or clubhouse and offer it as a service to others.

Practical examples

Allowed:

  • Running the stack on your machine to develop a feature.
  • Running it on a private internal network for evaluation by your team.
  • Forking the repo and sending patches upstream.
  • Hiring a consultant to modify your private deployment for a permitted use.

Not allowed during the FSL period:

  • Launching a public fork that offers substantially similar SSH clubhouse functionality to outside users.
  • Hosting a paid or ad-supported service based on this code that competes with the official late.sh service.
  • Operating a public community fork intended to pull users away from the official network.

Future MIT conversion

Each version of the software converts to MIT two years after the date that version was first made available by the licensor, as described in the FSL-1.1-MIT text.

Trademarks and naming

The license does not grant trademark rights.

The following names and identifiers are reserved except as needed to describe compatibility or origin:

  • late.sh
  • late
  • official project names, logos, and branding tied to the hosted service

If you distribute a fork, do not present it as the official late.sh service. Use your own branding.

Contributions

Unless explicitly agreed otherwise in writing, contributions submitted to this repository are accepted under the same repository license so they can be used and redistributed consistently with the rest of the project.

By submitting a contribution to this repository, you certify that you have the right to submit it under the repository's license terms and agree to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO v1.1). Sign off your commits with git commit -s.

No legal advice

This file is an explanatory policy for contributors and operators. The actual license terms are in LICENSE.