# License

BasaltDB is released under Apache-2.0. What that allows, and where to read the full text.

BasaltDB is released under the Apache License 2.0 (Apache-2.0). The engine, the guard, the CLI and the pages that run on your machine are open source. The full text is in [LICENSE](https://github.com/BasaltDBHq/BasaltDB/blob/master/LICENSE) in the engine repository.

## What Apache-2.0 allows

- **Use it for anything,** including in a business, at no cost.
- **Change it** and run your own version.
- **Share it,** with or without your changes, and include it in a product you sell.
- **Rely on a patent grant.** Contributors give you a licence to the patents their code needs.

## What it asks of you

- Keep the licence text and the copyright notices when you share the code.
- Say so when you changed a file.
- Keep a `NOTICE` file with the project's notices, if the project has one.

## What it does not give you

- **No warranty.** The software comes as it is.
- **No use of the names.** The licence does not grant the BasaltDB or BasaltVault names or logos.

## BasaltVault

BasaltVault is a separate service and is not open yet.

This page is a plain summary, not legal advice. The licence text is the source.

## Next

- [Security](/security/): how to report a vulnerability.