Skip to content

PROMODBUS LICENSE

Version 1.5.1, February 1st, 2023

Copyright (C) Stéphane Raimbault stephane.raimbault@webstack.fr

Only licensees are permitted to copy verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

Preamble

Promodbus is a commercial spin-off of the libmodbus project.

The purpose of this edition is to enable professionals to market their products using the Modbus library without the constraints of the LGPL, and to fund the development of the Open Source version called libmodbus.

The license keys correspond to purchases that Stéphane Raimbault or Webstack company can verify through their own application, and then authorize or revoke the license. There is no automatic check of the validity of the licence by the Promodbus runtime. The license keys are just used for administrative tasks such as to facilitate the license renewal. Promodbus is designed to run on secured environment and will never make queries to external licence control services.

The libmodbus code is owned by Stéphane Raimbault and contributions are only accepted under the conditions of the Contributor License Agreement.

Terms and conditions

"Copyright" also means copyright-like laws that apply to other kinds of works, such as semiconductor masks.

"Derived work" means to copy form or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of an exact copy. The resulting work is called a "modified version" of the earlier work or a work "based on" the earlier work.

"The Program" refers to any copyrightable work licensed under this License. Each licensee is addressed as "you".

The licensee must be a company or an organization.

This license gives you the legal permission to COPY/MODIFY THE SOURCE CODE. Redistributions of the source code or derived source code AREN'T ALLOWED.

Redistribution and use in binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted but the name of the original author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

The licensee can only use promodbus license in the products of the licensee company.

The licensee isn't allowed to distribute the source code of promodbus or the source code of derived work of promodbus except as defined below.

The licensee is allowed to put one copy of the source code of promodbus into a single pre arranged Vaultinum Software Escrow account by virtue of subcontract held with their client, and will be available to that client in the event the licensee is unable or unwilling to provide support or services to modify that source. In this case promodbus is distributed to the client under the same conditions as the licensee.

The license is only applicable and valid once the licensee has paid the full amount to Stéphane Raimbault or the Webstack company.

Unless otherwise agreed, the licence is :

  • per-seat, one license for each promodbus developer of the company.
  • lifetime licence (no strings attached, no licence checks by Internet) to use promodbus
  • only one per-seat license is required in the company to distribute a binary form of promodbus in unlimited number of products or derived products.
  • for one year:
    • free updates (major and minor releases)
    • privileged access to support via promodbus team on GitHub
    • direct access to promodbus repository
  • two years of access to minor updates on demand (email)
  • unlimited number of products (use in binary forms)

The licensee should provide his GitHub username to get access to the promodbus GitHub repository.

A licensee can renew access to major updates and privileged support for another year for €250 VAT excluded.

Disclaimer of Warranty and Liability

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.