Studio Use License

Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Kawika Ohumukini. All rights reserved.

This license governs the use of the Studio software platform ("Software"),
including its API, frontend, worker, and documentation components.

This is not an open-source license. The source code is publicly available
for transparency and community contribution, but commercial use is subject
to the terms below.


1. PERMITTED USE

You may:

  (a) Deploy and operate the Software for your own business purposes.

  (b) Operate a hosted instance of the Software and charge customers for
      access to it (SaaS model). There is no limit on the number of
      customers or organizations on your instance.

  (c) Provide consulting, installation, deployment, configuration, training,
      and support services related to the Software.

  (d) Deploy the Software for individual clients as part of bespoke service
      engagements (one instance per client engagement).

  (e) Provide the Software source code to your clients so they may deploy
      and operate their own instance.

  (f) Create, sell, and distribute your own workflow configurations,
      templates, and automations. These are your intellectual property.

  (g) Sell any output produced by the Software (images, video, text, data,
      or any other generated content).

  (h) Modify the Software for your own use.

  (i) Contribute to this project.


2. RESTRICTIONS

You may not:

  (a) Offer automated or self-service provisioning of Software instances
      to third parties. You may not build a platform, tool, or service
      whose primary function is deploying, hosting, or managing Software
      instances on behalf of others.

  (b) Distribute or sell pre-configured images, containers, deployment
      packages, automation, or infrastructure templates that contain or
      install the Software for third-party use.

      Installing the Software on a client's own infrastructure using the
      official Studio Console, as part of a service engagement, is
      permitted and is not distribution under this section.

  (c) Fork or rebrand the Software for resale or distribution as a
      competing workflow automation platform or service.

  (d) Redistribute, sublicense, or sell copies of the Software source
      code as a standalone product or component.

  (e) Remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or license notices
      included in the Software.

The distinction this license draws is between OPERATING and DISTRIBUTING.
You may build a business that runs on Studio. You may not build a business
that distributes Studio.

For avoidance of doubt: operating a single Studio deployment as a
multi-tenant service for customers is permitted. Offering Studio
deployment, provisioning, or instance creation as a service to third
parties is not.


3. MARKETPLACE PACKAGES

The Studio Marketplace (the studio-community and studio-plus repositories)
provides optional provider packages, services, and templates under separate
terms. Marketplace packages:

  (a) Are licensed separately from this Software under their own terms.

  (b) May not be redistributed, sideloaded, bundled, or transferred to
      third-party deployments. Each deploying party must obtain marketplace
      packages directly from the official marketplace.

  (c) Are subject to the Studio Marketplace Package License, which governs
      access, usage, and distribution.

For clarity: workflow configurations that reference marketplace packages
may be freely shared or sold. The marketplace packages themselves may not.

Forking the public catalog repository to propose a contribution is
permitted. Publishing or distributing packages from such a fork is not.


4. USER-CREATED CONTENT

Workflow configurations, templates, automations, field mappings, and other
user-created content (typically JSON or similar configuration files) are the
intellectual property of their creators. This license makes no claim on
user-created content.


5. TRADEMARKS

"Studio," "Self-Host Studio," "Self-Host Hub," and associated logos and
marks are trademarks of the copyright holder. Use of these trademarks is
subject to applicable trademark law. You may use these names to truthfully
describe your relationship with the Software (e.g., "built on Self-Host
Studio," "powered by Studio"). You may not use the trademarks in a way
that implies endorsement, affiliation, or origin without prior written
consent. Nothing in this license grants the right to use these names or
marks as part of a product name, company name, or primary branding.


6. CONTRIBUTIONS

Contributions to this project are assigned to the copyright holder and
their successors and assigns. By submitting a contribution, you agree to
this assignment and represent that you have the right to make the
contribution.


7. NO WARRANTY

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, COPYRIGHT HOLDERS, OR CONTRIBUTORS 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.

Operators are solely responsible for compliance with applicable laws and
third-party service terms. See LEGAL.md for detailed operator obligations.