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Licensing

Alighieri is dual-licensed:

  1. Open source — the default. Unless you have signed a commercial agreement with WireSock, Alighieri is provided to you under the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0-or-later) — the terms in LICENSE — and your use must comply with it.
  2. Commercial — by agreement. A commercial license from WireSock is available as an alternative to the AGPL; it applies only if and once you have signed a commercial agreement (see Contact).

Which license do I need?

The AGPL is a strong copyleft license. In particular, its section 13 (remote network interaction) requires that if you run a modified version of Alighieri as a network-accessible service, you must offer that service's users the complete corresponding source code of your modified version under the AGPL.

The AGPL is a good fit if you:

  • run Alighieri unmodified, or
  • are willing to release your modifications under the AGPL.

You likely want a commercial license if you:

  • embed or redistribute Alighieri inside a proprietary product without releasing your source under the AGPL,
  • run a modified Alighieri as a hosted / SaaS service and do not want to publish your modifications, or
  • need assurances the AGPL does not provide (e.g. warranty, indemnification, or support).

The commercial license grants the same software under terms that remove the AGPL's copyleft and source-disclosure obligations. Commercial terms are agreed separately — contact us for details.

Contact

Copyright © 2026 WireSock.

Commercial licensing inquiries: licensing@wiresock.net

Notes

  • This document is a plain-language summary of the licensing options. It is not legal advice and does not modify the AGPL terms in LICENSE; where this summary and the AGPL differ, the AGPL governs open-source use.
  • Third-party dependencies remain under their own licenses.
  • Contributions: so that the project can be offered under both licenses, by submitting a contribution you license it under the AGPL-3.0-or-later and additionally grant WireSock the right to redistribute your contribution under a separate commercial license.