Open Community Indie Software License

A liberal license for commercial indie apps.

This license is used to distribute LiveReload apps, and you're encouraged to adopt it for your projects too. The text of the license itself is released into the public domain.

Note that this license is not suitable for reusable libraries; it is meant for end-user apps.

License Text

Copyright 2012 Andrey Tarantsov — andrey@tarantsov.com

Purchasing policy notice: All users of the software are expected to purchase a license from Andrey Tarantsov unless they have a good reason not to pay. Users that don't purchase a license are encouraged to apply for a free one at support@livereload.com. The users are free to:

• download, build and modify the app;
• share the modified source code;
• share the purchased or custom-built binaries (with unmodified license and contact info), provided that the purchasing policy is explained to all potential users.

This software is available under the Open Community Indie Software License:

Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose is hereby granted, free of charge, subject to the following conditions:

• all copies retain the above copyright notice, the above purchasing policy notice and this permission notice unmodified;

• all copies retain the name of the software (LiveReload), the name of the author (Andrey Tarantsov) and the contact information (including, but not limited to, pointers to support@livereload.com and livereload.com URLs) unmodified;

• no fee is charged for distibution of the software;

• the best effort is made to explain the purchasing policy to all users of the software.

In the event that no new official binary releases of the software are published for two consecutive years, the above conditions are permanently waived, and the software is additionally made available under the terms of the MIT license.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.