Business Source License 1.1
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Parameters:
Licensor:              Prannesshkva
Software:              QDB: Quantum Deductive Database & Stateful RAG Engine (qdb-ai)
Change Date:           2030-08-22
Change License:        Apache License, Version 2.0

Additional Use Grant:
You are granted the perpetual right to use, copy, modify, and distribute the
Software for non-commercial purposes, academic research, internal development,
testing, and non-production deployments at zero cost.

Production Use Grant:
You may use the Software in production environments at zero cost provided that:
(a) You do not provide the Software, or any substantial portion or derivative
    work thereof, as a commercial cloud service, managed database service (DBaaS),
    hosted API, or competing retrieval platform to third parties; and
(b) Your organization’s aggregate annual gross revenue does not exceed $1,000,000 USD.

Any production deployment that exceeds these parameters, or provides QDB as a
hosted commercial service, requires a separate commercial enterprise license
executed with the Licensor.

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Grant of Rights.
Licensor hereby grants You the right to copy, modify, create derivative works,
redistribute, and make non-production and qualifying production use of the
Software solely in accordance with the Additional Use Grant and Production Use
Grant above.

2. Change to Open Source.
On the Change Date (August 22, 2030), or on such earlier date as Licensor may
announce, this License shall automatically convert to the Change License (Apache
License, Version 2.0), granting full open-source freedoms without the commercial
restrictions set forth above.

3. Trademarks.
This License does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks,
service marks, or product names of Licensor ("QDB"™, "QDB-AI"™, and associated
logos), except as required for reasonable attribution.

4. 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 NON-INFRINGEMENT.

5. Limitation of Liability.
IN NO EVENT SHALL LICENSOR 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.

Copyright (c) 2026 Prannesshkva. All rights reserved.
Trademarks: "QDB"™ and "QDB-AI"™ are proprietary trademarks of Prannesshkva.
