LIVEN Commercial License Agreement
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Copyright (c) 2026, LIVEN Maintainers <team@livendb.com>

This Commercial License Agreement (the "Agreement") is a legal agreement
between you (either an individual or a single entity) and LIVEN Maintainers
for the LIVEN software (the "Software").

PURPOSE

This license grants you the right to integrate LIVEN into proprietary
applications and closed-source products without being subject to the
copyleft requirements of the GNU General Public License version 3 (GPLv3).

GRANT OF LICENSE

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, LIVEN Maintainers grants you a
non-exclusive, non-transferable, worldwide, perpetual license to:

1. Use, reproduce, and modify the Software for any purpose, including
   commercial and proprietary use.

2. Integrate the Software into your own products and applications.

3. Distribute the Software as part of your products, including proprietary
   and closed-source products, without disclosing your source code.

4. Sub-license the Software to your end-users as an integrated part of
   your products.

RESTRICTIONS

You may not:

1. Distribute the Software on a standalone basis (i.e., as a competing
   database product) without a separate distribution agreement.

2. Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or license notices contained
   within the Software.

3. Use the Software in any manner that violates applicable law.

FEES AND PAYMENT

A commercial license fee is required. Please contact team@livendb.com for
pricing information based on your use case (number of developers,
deployment scale, and support requirements).

SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE

Commercial licenses include priority support and maintenance updates
during the license term. Contact team@livendb.com for support terms.

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

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.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

IN NO EVENT SHALL LIVEN MAINTAINERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR
OTHER LIABILITY, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE
OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the jurisdiction of
LIVEN Maintainers.

CONTACT

For commercial licensing inquiries, contact: team@livendb.com
