# Commercial & Proprietary Licensing

`open-xdna` is released under the **GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPLv3)** —
see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE). The AGPLv3 is a strong network-copyleft license: if you modify
this software or use it to provide a service over a network (including AI inference APIs,
SaaS pipelines, or cloud-side compute offloading), AGPLv3 §13 requires you to make the
complete corresponding source of your application available to its users under the same
terms.

## When you need a commercial license

The AGPLv3 is ideal for open-source and research use. You should obtain a **separate
commercial / proprietary license** if you want to:

- Integrate `open-xdna` (or its techniques as implemented here) into a closed-source
  product or internal service **without** the AGPLv3 source-disclosure obligation;
- Offer a hosted/SaaS service built on this code without publishing your backend;
- Ship it inside proprietary firmware, an appliance, or an OEM product;
- Obtain a warranty, indemnification, or a support/SLA arrangement.

This is a standard open-core dual-licensing model: the same code is available under
AGPLv3 (free, copyleft) **or** a commercial license (paid, no copyleft obligations).

## Acquisition & partnership

Inquiries about commercial licensing, technical partnership, or acquisition of this
work and the underlying research are welcome.

**Contact — Elyan Labs**
Scott Boudreaux
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
Web: https://elyanlabs.ai

Please include your intended use, deployment scale, and whether you are seeking a
per-deployment license, a site license, or an acquisition discussion.

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*Copyright © 2026 Scott Boudreaux / Elyan Labs. Original scripts, documentation, and
benchmark harnesses in this repository are the copyrightable work being licensed. AMD's
XDNA/XRT and IRON/mlir-aie toolchains are licensed separately (Apache-2.0 WITH
LLVM-exception) and are not redistributed here.*