Orchard is free and open source software, released under the MIT License. You can use it for anything, including commercial products, at no cost and with no obligation to share your own code.
The summary below is written in plain language to help you understand the license quickly. It is not the license itself and it is not legal advice. The full text is the only thing that governs your use, and you can read it in the repository.
The short version
- You can
- Use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and sell Orchard, in source or compiled form, in private and commercial projects.
- You can
- Build products on top of it and keep your own source closed.
- You must
- Include the copyright notice and the permission notice in copies or substantial portions of the software.
- No warranty
- The software is provided as is, without warranties or guarantees of any kind, and the authors are not liable for how it is used.
What the license asks of you
There is really only one condition. When you distribute Orchard or a substantial part of it, keep the copyright line and the MIT permission notice in your copy. That is the whole obligation. There is no requirement to share your changes, to open your own source, or to add change notes.
Trademarks
The license covers the code. It does not give you rights to the Orchard name or the leaf logo. You are welcome to say that your product is built with Orchard or works with Orchard. Please do not use the name or logo in a way that suggests the project endorses you, or in your own product name, without permission from Artemis Labs.
Third party licenses
Orchard depends on open source libraries from the Rust ecosystem, and the compiled tools include their code. Those libraries keep their own licenses, which are compatible with this distribution. The full list of dependencies and their licenses is generated from the build and included with each release.
Contributing
Contributions are welcome and are accepted under the same MIT terms. We ask that you sign off your commits to certify that you wrote the change or have the right to submit it. There is no separate contributor agreement to sign. See the contributing notes in the repository for the details and for how to get started.
Read the full text
The complete MIT License is the authoritative document. You can read it in the LICENSE file in the Orchard repository.