key: sonar-sal-1.0.1 short_name: Sonar Source-Available License v1.0.1 name: Sonar Source-Available License v1.0.1 category: Source-available owner: Sonar homepage_url: https://www.sonarsource.com/license/ssal/ spdx_license_key: LicenseRef-scancode-sonar-sal-1.0.1 ignorable_copyrights: - (c) employing, using, or engaging artificial intelligence technology ignorable_holders: - employing, using, or engaging artificial intelligence technology text: "SONAR Source-Available License v1.0.1\nLast Updated November 20th, 2025\n\n1. Definitions\n\ \n“Agreement” means this Sonar Source-Available License v1.0.1\n\n“Competing” means marketing\ \ a product or service as a substitute for the functionality or value of SonarQube. A product\ \ or service may compete regardless of how it is designed or deployed. For example, a product\ \ or service may compete even if it provides its functionality via any kind of interface (including\ \ services, libraries, or plug-ins), even if it is ported to a different platform or programming\ \ language, and even if it is provided free of charge.\n\n“Contribution” means:\n\na) in the\ \ case of the initial Contributor, the initial content Distributed under this Agreement, and\n\ \nb) in the case of each subsequent Contributor:\n\ni) changes to the Program, and\n\nii)\ \ additions to the Program;\n\nwhere such changes and/or additions to the Program originate\ \ from and are Distributed by that particular Contributor. A Contribution “originates” from\ \ a Contributor if it was added to the Program by such Contributor itself or anyone acting\ \ on such Contributor's behalf. Contributions do not include changes or additions to the Program\ \ that are not Modified Works.\n\n“Contributor” means any person or entity that Distributes\ \ the Program.\n\n“Derivative Works” shall mean any work, whether in Source Code or other\ \ form, that is based on (or derived from) the Program and for which the editorial revisions,\ \ annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work\ \ of authorship.\n\n“Distribute” means the acts of a) distributing or b) making available\ \ in any manner that enables the transfer of a copy.\n\n“Licensed Patents” mean patent claims\ \ licensable by a Contributor that are necessarily infringed by the use or sale of its Contribution\ \ alone or when combined with the Program.\n\n“Modified Works” shall mean any work in Source\ \ Code or other form that results from an addition to, deletion from, or modification of the\ \ contents of the Program, including, for purposes of clarity, any new file in Source Code\ \ form that contains any contents of the Program. Modified Works shall not include works that\ \ contain only declarations, interfaces, types, classes, structures, or files of the Program\ \ solely in each case in order to link to, bind by name, or subclass the Program or Modified\ \ Works thereof.\n\n“Non-competitive Purpose” means any purpose except for (a) providing to\ \ others any product or service that includes or offers the same or substantially similar\ \ functionality as SonarQube, (b) Competing with SonarQube, and/or (c) employing, using, or\ \ engaging artificial intelligence technology that is not part of the Program to ingest, interpret,\ \ analyze, train on, or interact with the data provided by the Program, or to engage with\ \ the Program in any manner.\n\n“Notices” means any legal statements or attributions included\ \ with the Program, including, without limitation, statements concerning copyright, patent,\ \ trademark, disclaimers of warranty, or limitations of liability \n\n“Program” means the\ \ Contributions Distributed in accordance with this Agreement.\n\n“Recipient” means anyone\ \ who receives the Program under this Agreement, including Contributors.\n\n“SonarQube” means\ \ an open-source or commercial edition of software offered by SonarSource that is branded\ \ “SonarQube”.\n\n“SonarSource” means SonarSource SàrL, a Swiss company.\n\n“Source Code”\ \ means the form of a Program preferred for making modifications, including but not limited\ \ to software source code, documentation source, and configuration files.\n\n2. Grant of Rights\n\ \na) Subject to the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive,\ \ worldwide, royalty-free copyright license, for any Non-competitive Purpose, to reproduce,\ \ prepare Derivative Works of, publicly display, publicly perform, Distribute and sublicense\ \ the Contribution of such Contributor, if any, and such Derivative Works.\n\nb) Subject to\ \ the terms of this Agreement, each Contributor hereby grants Recipient a non-exclusive, worldwide,\ \ royalty-free patent license under Licensed Patents, for any Non-competitive Purpose, to\ \ make, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise transfer the Contribution of such\ \ Contributor, if any, in Source Code or other form. This patent license shall apply to the\ \ combination of the Contribution and the Program if, at the time the Contribution is added\ \ by the Contributor, such addition of the Contribution causes such combination to be covered\ \ by the Licensed Patents. The patent license shall not apply to any other combinations that\ \ include the Contribution. \n\nc) Recipient understands that although each Contributor grants\ \ the licenses to its Contributions set forth herein, no assurances are provided by any Contributor\ \ that the Program does not infringe the patent or other intellectual property rights of any\ \ other entity. Each Contributor disclaims any liability to Recipient for claims brought by\ \ any other entity based on infringement of intellectual property rights or otherwise. As\ \ a condition to exercising the rights and licenses granted hereunder, each Recipient hereby\ \ assumes sole responsibility to secure any other intellectual property rights needed, if\ \ any. For example, if a third-party patent license is required to allow Recipient to Distribute\ \ the Program, it is Recipient's responsibility to acquire that license before distributing\ \ the Program.\n\nd) Each Contributor represents that to its knowledge it has sufficient copyright\ \ rights in its Contribution, if any, to grant the copyright license set forth in this Agreement.\n\ \n3. Requirements\n\n3.1 If a Contributor Distributes the Program in any form, then the Program\ \ must also be made available as Source Code, in accordance with section 3.2, and the Contributor\ \ must accompany the Program with a statement that the Source Code for the Program is available\ \ under this Agreement, and inform Recipients how to obtain it in a reasonable manner on or\ \ through a medium customarily used for software exchange; and\n\n3.2 When the Program is\ \ Distributed as Source Code:\n\na) it must be made available under this Agreement, and\n\n\ b) a copy of this Agreement must be included with each copy of the Program.\n\n3.3 Contributors\ \ may not remove or alter any Notices contained within the Program from any copy of the Program\ \ which they Distribute, provided that Contributors may add their own appropriate Notices.\n\ \n4. No Warranty\n\nEXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED\ \ BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS\ \ OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTIES OR\ \ CONDITIONS OF TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\ \ Each Recipient is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using and distributing\ \ the Program and assumes all risks associated with its exercise of rights under this Agreement,\ \ including but not limited to the risks and costs of program errors, compliance with applicable\ \ laws, damage to or loss of data, programs or equipment, and unavailability or interruption\ \ of operations.\n\n5. Disclaimer of Liability\n\nEXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT,\ \ AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, NEITHER RECIPIENT NOR ANY CONTRIBUTORS SHALL\ \ HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL\ \ DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF\ \ LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)\ \ ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OR DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROGRAM OR THE EXERCISE OF ANY\ \ RIGHTS GRANTED HEREUNDER, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.\n\n6. General\n\ \nIf any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, it\ \ shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the remainder of the terms of this Agreement,\ \ and without further action by the parties hereto, such provision shall be reformed to the\ \ minimum extent necessary to make such provision valid and enforceable.\n\nIf Recipient institutes\ \ patent litigation against any entity (including a cross-claim or counterclaim in a lawsuit)\ \ alleging that the Program itself (excluding combinations of the Program with other software\ \ or hardware) infringes such Recipient’s patent(s), then such Recipient’s rights granted\ \ under Section 2(b) shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed.\n\nAll Recipient’s\ \ rights under this Agreement shall terminate if it fails to comply with any of the material\ \ terms or conditions of this Agreement and does not cure such failure in a reasonable period\ \ of time after becoming aware of such noncompliance. If all Recipient’s rights under this\ \ Agreement terminate, Recipient agrees to cease use and distribution of the Program as soon\ \ as reasonably practicable. However, Recipient’s obligations under this Agreement and any\ \ licenses granted by Recipient relating to the Program shall continue and survive.\n\nExcept\ \ as expressly stated in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) above, Recipient receives no rights or licenses\ \ to the intellectual property of any Contributor under this Agreement, whether expressly,\ \ by implication, estoppel, or otherwise. All rights in the Program not expressly granted\ \ under this Agreement are reserved. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to be enforceable\ \ by any entity that is not a Contributor or Recipient. No third-party beneficiary rights\ \ are created under this Agreement."