key: emq-use-grant-for-bsl-1.1
short_name: EMQ Use Grant for BSL 1.1
name: EMQ Additional Use Grant for BSL 1.1
category: Source-available
owner: EMQ Technologies Incorporated
homepage_url: https://github.com/emqx/emqx/blob/master/LICENSE
is_exception: yes
spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-emq-use-grant-for-bsl-1.1
ignorable_copyrights:
  - (c) 2025 EMQ Technologies Incorporated
  - copyright (c) 2020 MariaDB Corporation Ab
ignorable_holders:
  - EMQ Technologies Incorporated
  - MariaDB Corporation Ab
ignorable_urls:
  - https://www.emqx.com/en/contact
text: |
  License text copyright (c) 2020 MariaDB Corporation Ab, All Rights Reserved.
  "Business Source License" is a trademark of MariaDB Corporation Ab.

  Parameters

  Licensor:             EMQ Technologies Incorporated
  Licensed Work:        EMQX Version 5.9.0 or later.
                        The Licensed Work is (c) 2025
                        EMQ Technologies Incorporated
  Additional Use Grant: a. You may make production use of a single node of the Licensed
                        Work, provided your use does not include offering the Licensed
                        Work to third parties on a hosted or embedded basis.
                        "Hosted or embedded basis" means providing the Licensed Work as
                        a service or integrating it into a product or solution offered
                        to third parties.

                        b. Educational users (e.g., accredited academic institutions)
                        and non-profit organizations (as defined by applicable law)
                        may use the Licensed Work in a production environment without
                        restriction, provided such use is not for commercial profit.
  Change Date:          Four years from the date the Licensed Work is published.
  Change License:       Apache License, Version 2.0

  For information about alternative licensing arrangements for the Software,
  please contact Licensor: https://www.emqx.com/en/contact

  Notice