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License

Last updated Apache-2.0 ·TL;DR below·full text on GitHub

Charter is free and open source under the Apache License 2.0. Use it commercially, modify it, ship it inside your own tools — just keep the notices.

Commercial use
Modify & fork
Patent grant
Apache-2.0
LICENSE — charter 8 sections
01

Overview

in short: Apache-2.0 is permissive. You can do almost anything — including using Charter commercially — as long as you keep the license and notices intact.

The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It grants broad rights to use, modify, and redistribute the Software, includes an explicit patent grant, and asks little in return beyond preserving attribution. The summary below is a plain-English guide, not a substitute for the full text.

02

What you can and can’t do

permissions
  • ✓Commercial use
  • ✓Modification
  • ✓Distribution
  • ✓Patent use
  • ✓Private use
conditions
  • ›Keep license & copyright notice
  • ›State significant changes
  • ›Include NOTICE file
limitations
  • ✕No trademark rights
  • ✕No liability
  • ✕No warranty
03

Grant of copyright & patent

Subject to the license terms, each contributor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free copyright license to reproduce, prepare derivative works of, publicly display, and distribute the Software. Each contributor also grants a patent license covering their contributions — and that grant terminates if you initiate patent litigation alleging the Software infringes.

04

Redistribution & NOTICE

If you redistribute Charter, in source or binary form, you must:

  • give recipients a copy of the Apache-2.0 license;
  • keep all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices;
  • include the contents of any NOTICE file in your distribution;
  • mark any files you changed as modified.
05

Trademarks

The license does not grant permission to use the Charter trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names, except as required to describe the origin of the Software. The Charter name, wordmark, and logo remain marks of the project.

06

Disclaimer

in short: the Software is provided “as is”, without warranties. A readiness score is informational, not a certification.

UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING, THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. SEE THE LICENSE FOR THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE GOVERNING PERMISSIONS AND LIMITATIONS.

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Full text

LICENSE — Apache License 2.0
Apache License Version 2.0, January 2004 http://www.apache.org/licenses/ # TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION 1. Definitions. "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document. 2. Grant of Copyright License. Subject to the terms of this License, each Contributor hereby grants to You a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, no-charge, royalty-free, irrevocable copyright license …
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The complete, authoritative license text ships in the project repository and at apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

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Contact

Questions about licensing or commercial use? Reach us at legal@use-charter.dev or open an issue on our GitHub repository.