AW Non-Commercial License 1.0 is a custom source-available software license that permits use, modification, and redistribution for non-commercial purposes only. Commercial use requires prior written permission from the copyright holder.
- Custom license
- Source-available
- Not OSI-approved
- Not an open-source license
This repository is the canonical public home of the AW Non-Commercial License 1.0 text and related documentation.
It provides:
- the official license text
- usage guidance
- frequently asked questions
- examples
- commercial licensing contact information
You may use, copy, modify, and distribute software under this license for non-commercial purposes.
You may not use the software for commercial purposes unless you first obtain written permission.
For commercial licensing inquiries, contact:
This license is intended for authors who want to:
- publish source code publicly
- allow learning, evaluation, research, and non-commercial modification
- restrict commercial exploitation
- preserve a direct commercial licensing path
This license is not an open-source license in the OSI sense, because it restricts commercial use.
LICENSE.md— official legal textFAQ.md— common usage questionsCOMMERCIAL-LICENSING.md— how to request commercial rightsdocs/— supporting explanations and comparisonsexamples/— implementation examples
For documentation and internal tooling, this repository uses the name:
AW Non-Commercial License 1.0
For private tooling or internal SBOM references, a local custom reference such as:
LicenseRef-AW-NC-1.0
may be used as a project convention.
The license includes an "AS IS" warranty disclaimer.
Suggestions for clarity, drafting quality, and documentation improvements are welcome. See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Commercial licensing: commercial@ahliweb.com