LICENSE

StreamNook
Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Brandon Winters
https://github.com/StreamNook/StreamNook

StreamNook is source-available software licensed under the PolyForm
Noncommercial License 1.0.0, reproduced in full below, together with the
additional permissions granted by the licensor in the section that follows.

Required Notice: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Brandon Winters (https://github.com/StreamNook/StreamNook)

Third-party components bundled with StreamNook are licensed separately by
their own authors. See THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md.

For a commercial license, contact winters.brandon@pm.me.


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ADDITIONAL PERMISSIONS GRANTED BY THE LICENSOR
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These permissions are granted by the licensor in addition to the license
below. They only widen what you may do. Nothing here takes away any right the
PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 gives you.

1. USING STREAMNOOK IS ALWAYS A PERMITTED PURPOSE.

   Running StreamNook to watch streams, read or send chat, moderate a
   channel, or manage your own account is a permitted purpose regardless of
   whether you personally earn money from streaming, content creation,
   advertising, sponsorship, subscriptions, donations, or any other activity.
   Being a paid or partnered streamer does not make your use commercial.

2. USE INSIDE AN ORGANIZATION IS A PERMITTED PURPOSE.

   Running unmodified StreamNook, or a fork you did not sell or buy, for the
   internal purposes of any company or organization is a permitted purpose.

3. FREE FORKS AND REDISTRIBUTION ARE PERMITTED.

   You may fork StreamNook, modify it, publish your fork, and distribute
   builds of it, provided you do not charge for it and you keep this LICENSE
   file with it.

4. DONATIONS AND SPONSORSHIP FOR A FORK ARE PERMITTED.

   You may accept voluntary donations, tips, or sponsorship for work on a
   fork, provided the software itself stays free to obtain and use, with no
   feature, build, or update withheld behind a payment.


PLAIN-LANGUAGE SUMMARY OF WHAT IS NOT PERMITTED
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This summary is explanatory only. It grants nothing and restricts nothing.
The license below controls. In short, you may not make money from the
software itself, for example by:

  - selling StreamNook, a fork of it, or builds, keys, or access to it
  - charging for features, updates, or support as a condition of using it
  - putting it, or any part of it, inside a product or service you sell
  - operating it as a paid or ad-supported hosted service for other people

If you want to do any of these, ask. A commercial license is available.


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PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0
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<https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0>

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## Noncommercial Purposes

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## Personal Uses

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## Patent Defense

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