# License

restic-manager is licensed under
[**PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0**](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/).
The full text lives at
[`LICENSE`](https://gitea.dcglab.co.uk/steve/restic-manager/src/branch/main/LICENSE)
in the repository root.

## What this means

- **Personal, hobbyist, educational, charitable, and similar
  noncommercial use** is fully permitted, including modification
  and redistribution.
- **Commercial use is not permitted** without a separate
  license. The maintainer is not currently offering one — if
  you need commercial rights, open an issue to start the
  conversation.
- The license is permissive about everything except commercial
  use: you can fork, modify, deploy in your home/lab, and
  contribute back.

## Why this license

The PolyForm Noncommercial license was chosen because:

- It's a real, legal, plainly-worded license (not a custom
  half-written variant).
- It permits the realistic uses for a hobby project (the
  maintainer's homelab, a friend's fleet, a charity's IT
  closet) without inviting commercial vendors to repackage
  the work.
- It's compatible with the project staying small and
  maintainable — the maintainer doesn't want to be on the hook
  for SLA-grade commercial support.

## Contributions

By contributing, you agree your contributions are licensed
under the same PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 license.
