This document summarizes the licensing model for Linux Soundboard.
This is an informational project document, not legal advice and not a separate license.
Linux Soundboard's own source code and original project materials are licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.
- SPDX identifier:
PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 - License file:
LICENSE - Required notice:
Required Notice: Copyright (c) 2026 germanua
The public repository license allows noncommercial use, study, copying, modification, and redistribution, subject to the license terms.
Forks are allowed for noncommercial purposes if the fork keeps the license terms and required notice.
Free redistribution is allowed when it is for a noncommercial purpose and follows the public license. Requiring or expecting payment for a copy, build, bundle, or related commercial service requires separate written permission from the project owner.
The public repository license does not allow third parties to:
- sell Linux Soundboard or a modified version of it;
- distribute paid builds;
- include the project in a commercial product or service;
- remove the required copyright notice;
- claim that a fork is an official release;
- sublicense the project as if they owned it.
Commercial use requires a separate written commercial license from the project owner.
The project owner may distribute official commercial builds, including builds published through Steam or other software stores.
Those official builds may use separate store terms, EULA terms, or commercial-license terms. The public repository license still controls third-party use of the public source code.
Forks must preserve the project license and required notice. Noncommercial forks should clearly state that they are unofficial and not endorsed by the project owner.
A fork may not be sold, packaged into a paid product, or distributed through a paid software store without a separate written commercial license from the project owner.
Third-party dependencies keep their own licenses. Their notices are documented in THIRDPARTY_LICENSES.md.
Binary release bundles should include generated third-party dependency notices matching the exact release build.
The generated notices for the current locked Rust dependency graph are in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.html.
Voluntary donations and sponsorships to the official project do not change the public source license and do not grant commercial rights. See DONATIONS.md.
The project is currently solo-maintained. External contributions are governed by CONTRIBUTING.md.
Do not accept external pull requests into commercial/store-bound code unless the contribution terms are clear enough to allow official commercial distribution.
The public code license does not grant permission to use the project's name, logos, screenshots, or branding in a way that suggests an unofficial fork is official or endorsed.