# Nordstjernen Source License v1.0

## Abbreviation

NSL-1.0

## Notice

Copyright 2026 Andreas Røsdal

## Terms and Conditions

### Licensor ("We")

The party offering the Software under these Terms and Conditions.

### The Software

The "Software" is each version of the software that we make available under
these Terms and Conditions, as indicated by our inclusion of these Terms and
Conditions with the Software.

### License Grant

Subject to your compliance with this License Grant and the Patents,
Redistribution and Trademark clauses below, we hereby grant you the right to
use, copy, modify, create derivative works, publish, and distribute the
Software for any Permitted Purpose identified below.

### Permitted Purpose

A Permitted Purpose is any purpose other than a Competing Use.

A "Competing Use" means making the Software available to others in a commercial
product or service that:

1. substitutes for the Software;

2. substitutes for any other product or service we offer using the Software
   that exists as of the date we make the Software available; or

3. offers the same or substantially similar functionality as the Software.

Permitted Purposes specifically include using the Software:

1. for your internal use and access;

2. for non-commercial education;

3. for non-commercial research; and

4. in connection with professional services that you provide to a licensee
   (including consulting and contracting) so long as the licensee complies with
   these Terms and Conditions.

### Patents

To the extent your use for a Permitted Purpose would necessarily infringe our
patents, the license grant above includes a license under our patents. If you
make a claim against any party that the Software infringes or contributes to
the infringement of any patent, then your patent license to the Software ends
immediately.

### Redistribution

The Terms and Conditions apply to all copies, modifications and derivatives of
the Software.

If you redistribute any copies, modifications or derivatives of the Software,
you must include a copy of or a link to these Terms and Conditions and not
remove any copyright notices provided in or with the Software.

### Disclaimer

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND INCLUDING
WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE, TITLE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT WILL WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO YOU ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE
SOFTWARE, INCLUDING INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, EVEN
IF WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY IN ADVANCE.

### Trademarks

Except for displaying the License Details and identifying us as the origin of
the Software, you have no right under these Terms and Conditions to use our
trademarks, trade names, service marks or product names.

## Commercial License

The terms above are the *public* license for the Software. The Licensor
also offers the Software under separate **commercial licenses** by
written agreement. A commercial license can grant rights beyond the
Permitted Purpose defined above — including, without limitation, the
right to make a Competing Use of the Software, to redistribute the
Software under different terms inside a derivative product, or to
receive the Software without the Redistribution and Trademark
obligations of this license.

A commercial license is a separate, signed agreement between you and
the Licensor. It does not replace this license for anyone else; the
public terms above remain in force for everyone who has not entered
into such an agreement. If you and the Licensor enter into a
commercial license that conflicts with these Terms and Conditions,
the commercial license governs your use of the Software to the extent
of the conflict.

Nothing in this license obliges the Licensor to grant a commercial
license, to grant one on any particular terms, or to publish pricing.
Inquiries about commercial licensing should be directed to the
Licensor at <https://nordstjernen.org>.

## Grant of Future License

We hereby irrevocably grant you an additional license to use the Software under
the MIT license that is effective on the tenth anniversary of the date we make
the Software available. On or after that date, you may use the Software under
the MIT license, in which case the following will apply:

> Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
> of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
> in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
> to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
> copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
> furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
>
> The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
> all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
>
> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
> IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
> FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
> AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
> LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
> OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
> SOFTWARE.
