CaptchaKraken Source-Available License v1.1
Copyright (c) 2026 CaptchaKraken LLC. All rights reserved.

This license governs use of the CaptchaKraken software in this repository and of
the associated machine-learning model weights and LoRA adapters published by the
copyright holder (collectively, the "Software"). By using the Software you agree
to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Software.

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1. GRANT
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Subject to the restrictions below, you are granted a worldwide, royalty-free,
non-exclusive license to use, copy, modify, and distribute the Software, and to
incorporate it into your own products and services.

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2. PERMITTED USES
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You MAY use the Software for:

  (a) Personal, non-commercial use, research, and education.

  (b) Commercial use INSIDE a larger product or service that delivers
      substantial value BEYOND captcha solving itself — that is, where captcha
      solving is an internal, enabling component rather than the product.

  Illustrative (non-exhaustive) examples of PERMITTED commercial use:
      - Web scrapers and data-collection pipelines.
      - Browser automation you build and operate for your own purposes.
      - QA, testing, and accessibility tooling.
      - Any application where the captcha solve is a means to an end the user
        is actually paying for.

  (c) RUNNING the Software alongside a stealth, anti-detection, or antidetect
      browser — Camoufox, Puppeteer, Playwright, or any similar tool — to
      automate your own work, commercially or otherwise. Section 3(d) restricts
      SHIPPING the Software as a feature of such a browser to other people. It
      does not restrict USING it with one.

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3. PROHIBITED USES
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You MAY NOT, without a separate written commercial agreement from the copyright
holder:

  (a) Sell, resell, rent, or otherwise offer for a fee any captcha-SOLVING
      service, product, or API whose primary value is solving captchas,
      where that service is powered by the Software or its model outputs.

  (b) Distribute "thin wrappers" around the Software whose primary purpose is
      captcha solving — including but not limited to browser extensions,
      hosted endpoints, SaaS products, or CLIs that simply expose the
      Software's solving capability to end users.

  (c) Expose, proxy, or relay the responses or outputs of the Software's LoRA
      models (e.g. bounding boxes, tile selections, click plans) through a paid
      or public API as a captcha-solving service.

  (d) Embed, bundle, preinstall, or otherwise ship the Software — or a client,
      wrapper, plugin, or extension for it — as a captcha-solving capability of
      any stealth browser, anti-detection or antidetect browser, browser
      profile or identity manager, or browser-automation product or platform
      that you distribute, host, or otherwise offer to third parties. This
      applies whether the Software ships inside your distribution, is fetched
      on demand, or is merely wired up and advertised as a supported
      integration, and it applies whether or not you charge for it.

      This restriction is about DISTRIBUTION, not use. Nothing in it limits
      Section 2(c): a person who uses such a browser may install and run the
      Software with it freely.

  In short: you may BUILD WITH this Software, and you may USE it with whatever
  browser you like — but you may not SELL THE SOLVE, and you may not SHIP THE
  SOLVE as a feature of a stealth browser or automation product you hand to
  other people.

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4. MODEL OUTPUTS
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Outputs produced by the model weights/adapters are subject to Sections 2 and 3
to the same extent as the Software itself. Reselling or API-relaying those
outputs as a captcha-solving service is prohibited under Section 3(c).

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5. REDISTRIBUTION
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If you redistribute the Software (modified or not), you must retain this license
and this notice, and you must not remove or alter the restrictions in Section 3.
The right to redistribute granted by Section 1 is subject to Section 3(d).

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6. TRADEMARKS
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This license does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, or
product names of the copyright holder, except as required to describe the origin
of the Software.

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7. NO WARRANTY
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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 THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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 THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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8. RESPONSIBLE USE
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You are responsible for ensuring your use of the Software complies with all
applicable laws, the terms of service of any site you interact with, and
applicable anti-fraud and computer-access statutes. The copyright holder does
not endorse using the Software to violate any third party's terms or rights.

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9. COMMERCIAL LICENSING
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For uses prohibited under Section 3 — including selling captcha-solving as a
service, and shipping the Software as a built-in capability of a stealth browser
or automation product — contact the copyright holder to discuss a separate
commercial license. These uses are licensable; they are not categorically
refused.

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10. VERSION HISTORY
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v1.1 — Section 3(d) added: shipping the Software as a captcha-solving feature of
       a stealth/anti-detection browser or automation product distributed to
       third parties now requires a commercial license. Section 2(c) added to
       make clear that USING the Software with such a browser remains permitted.
       The v1.0 text listed "stealth / anti-detection browsers" as an
       illustrative PERMITTED commercial use; that example is removed.
v1.0 — Initial release.

Each version applies to the releases distributed under it. Copies obtained under
v1.0 remain governed by v1.0.

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This text is a license, not legal advice. If the boundary between a permitted
"value-add" product and a prohibited "thin wrapper", or between using the
Software with a browser and shipping it as part of one, is unclear for your use
case, ask by opening an issue or messaging the maintainer on GitHub:
https://github.com/JWriter20/CaptchaKraken
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