BRAINY COMMERCIAL LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2026 Soulcraft Labs. All rights reserved.

This is the license for Brainy, the native database engine published as
@soulcraft/brainy ("the Software"). It is written to be read. A draft note
for the avoidance of doubt: these terms take effect for a customer when a
license key is issued against them; Soulcraft may revise them for future
keys, and the terms in force at a key's issue govern that key for its life.

1. WHAT A LICENSE KEY GRANTS

A valid license key grants the organization it names ("the Licensee") the
right to run the Software with native acceleration, on machines the
Licensee owns or controls, for the tier and term the key states. Keys are
verified offline by the Software itself; verification never contacts
Soulcraft and the Software never disables access to data.

2. TIERS

Tiers are sized by the Licensee's organization, declared at purchase:

  INDIE      — one individual, or an organization of 1 person.
  BUSINESS   — an organization of up to 50 people.
  ENTERPRISE — an organization of any size; includes the support terms in
               the order form.
  INTERNAL   — Soulcraft's own deployments; perpetual; not for sale.

"People" counts employees and contractors of the organization, not end
users of what the organization builds. There is no limit on machines,
instances, stores, or data size within the Licensee's organization.

3. TERM, RENEWAL, AND THE PERPETUAL FALLBACK

Paid keys run for one year and are renewable. When a key lapses:

  (a) Every version of the Software RELEASED WHILE THE KEY WAS VALID keeps
      running with full native acceleration, forever. This fallback is a
      term of this license, not only a behavior of the Software.
  (b) Versions released after the lapse require a renewed key for native
      acceleration.

Nothing lapses darkly: the Software warns ahead of expiry, and an expired
key never locks, corrupts, or withholds the Licensee's data.

4. THE OPEN ENGINE IS ALWAYS PERMITTED

Running the Software WITHOUT a valid key is permitted: the Software then
serves through the MIT-licensed reference engines (Open Brainy) at reduced
speed, loudly and without data loss. No use of the Licensee's own data is
ever a breach of this license.

5. WHAT IS NOT GRANTED

The Licensee may not: redistribute, sublicense, sell, or publish the
Software or any license key; share keys outside the named organization;
remove, disable, or falsify the Software's license verification; or use a
key on behalf of an organization other than the Licensee. The Software's
source code, where visible, is confidential and proprietary; this license
is not an open-source license.

6. VERIFICATION AND PRIVACY

License verification is offline. The Software contains no telemetry — not
opt-out, not opt-in, none. Nothing in the Software contacts Soulcraft, ever.
Soulcraft relies on the honesty of the tier declaration, the terms of this
license, and renewal-time review — not on surveillance.

7. NO WARRANTY; LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
SOULCRAFT LABS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR ITS USE. SOULCRAFT'S TOTAL LIABILITY UNDER
THIS LICENSE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE FEES PAID FOR THE KEY IN QUESTION.

8. TERMINATION

Soulcraft may terminate this license for material breach that remains
uncured 30 days after written notice. Termination never revokes clause
3(a)'s fallback for keys honestly obtained, and never touches the
Licensee's data or their rights under Open Brainy's MIT license.

Keys and terms: https://soulcraft.com/account
Questions: brainy@soulcraft.com
