License

• You can read, run, modify, and self-host the entire Dropway stack for any purpose except offering it to others as a competing commercial product or service.
• Internal use, non-commercial education and research, and professional services around Dropway are all explicitly permitted.
• Two years after we publish a given release, that release is additionally licensed under Apache 2.0, a fully permissive open-source license.
• The proprietary cloud and enterprise pieces (the cloud/ and ee/ directories) are NOT covered by the FSL; they carry their own licenses and are not part of the open-source build.

This summary is for convenience only. The license text below is what actually governs your use of the source code.

# Functional Source License, Version 1.1, Apache 2.0 Future License

## Abbreviation

FSL-1.1-Apache-2.0

## Notice

Copyright 2026 Daniel Pang ("Dropway")

## 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, publicly perform, publicly display and
redistribute 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 using
   the Software in accordance 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 WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
MERCHANTABILITY, 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.

## Grant of Future License

We hereby irrevocably grant you an additional license to use the Software under
the Apache License, Version 2.0 that is effective on the second anniversary of
the date we make the Software available. On or after that date, you may use the
Software under the Apache License, Version 2.0, in which case the following will
apply:

We hereby grant you a license to the Software under the Apache License, Version
2.0, a copy of which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.