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Directus BSL 1.1

Licensor:  Monospace, Inc.

Licensed Work:  Directus, The Licensed Work is Copyright © 2023 Monospace, Inc.

Additional Use Grant: You may use the Licensed Work in production as long as your Total Finances do not exceed US $5,000,000 for the most recent 12-month period, provided that Monospace, Inc. will not be liable to you in any way, including for any damages, including general, special, incidental or consequential damages, arising out of such use.

References to: “Total Finances” mean the largest of your aggregate gross revenues, entire budget, and/or funding (no matter the source); “you” and “your” include (without limitation) any individual or entity agreeing to these terms and any affiliates of such individual or entity; and “production” mean any use other than (i) development of (including evaluation of the Licensed Work), debugging, or testing your offerings, or (ii) making the Licensed Work available standalone in unmodified object code form.

Change Date: Three years from release date

Change License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v3

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The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work. The Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited production use.

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