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Freedom to build starts here.
As of today, our developer tools and application-layer software are licensed under Apache 2.0.
The code was always public and the licence was always open. Now it’s also standard: one of the most widely used open-source licences there is, already tested in court and recognised by legal, procurement and IT teams.
If you’re building:
>> No custom terms to decode and no lawyer needed to check whether you can use it
>> Build on it commercially, anywhere, with no lock-in
>> Each relicensed repo includes a PATENTS notice
In plain terms:
The licence says you can use the code, and the PATENTS notice says the patent holders behind it won’t come after you over the ideas it implements when you use or build on it.
What stays the same:
>> Teranode and SV Node stay source-available under the Open BSV License. Anyone can read, modify and run the code on the BSV blockchain. Teranode is what lets the BSV blockchain scale. We built it for BSV, so that’s where it stays.
This is the first step on the path we’ve set:
>> Open the code ✅
>> Put tools in people’s hands 🔄 [open source is just the start]
>> Build together, in public
>> Prove it at scale
We’ll share each step once it’s live. From here on, that’s how we announce things: when they’re done.
It all comes back to one job: helping great technology get built and putting it in more people’s hands, so it delivers real value across identity, data traceability and integrity, and payments.
Explore freedom: github.com/orgs/bsv-block…
As of today, our developer tools and application-layer software are licensed under Apache 2.0.
The code was always public and the licence was always open. Now it’s also standard: one of the most widely used open-source licences there is, already tested in court and recognised by legal, procurement and IT teams.
If you’re building:
>> No custom terms to decode and no lawyer needed to check whether you can use it
>> Build on it commercially, anywhere, with no lock-in
>> Each relicensed repo includes a PATENTS notice
In plain terms:
The licence says you can use the code, and the PATENTS notice says the patent holders behind it won’t come after you over the ideas it implements when you use or build on it.
What stays the same:
>> Teranode and SV Node stay source-available under the Open BSV License. Anyone can read, modify and run the code on the BSV blockchain. Teranode is what lets the BSV blockchain scale. We built it for BSV, so that’s where it stays.
This is the first step on the path we’ve set:
>> Open the code ✅
>> Put tools in people’s hands 🔄 [open source is just the start]
>> Build together, in public
>> Prove it at scale
We’ll share each step once it’s live. From here on, that’s how we announce things: when they’re done.
It all comes back to one job: helping great technology get built and putting it in more people’s hands, so it delivers real value across identity, data traceability and integrity, and payments.
Explore freedom: github.com/orgs/bsv-block…
