Licensing

Licensing

Pattern Abstract Grammar (PAG) is available under two licenses, a free non-commercial license and a paid commercial license. The rest of the site's documentation is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Effective: January 2025Updated: September 2026v1.1.0

A1License Types

A1.1Choose a License

Non-Commercial License

Free
LicenseRef-PAG-NonCommercial-1.0

The non-commercial license is based on MIT and is free for personal projects, education and research.

Permitted

  • Personal projects and experimentation
  • Educational use and academic research
  • Open-source projects (non-commercial)
  • Forks and modifications under non-commercial terms

Restricted

  • Commercial software or products
  • Paid services or SaaS offerings
  • Internal use by for-profit organizations
  • Distribution for revenue

Commercial License

Paid
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The commercial license covers products, paid services and enterprise applications.

Permitted

  • Commercial software and products
  • Paid services and SaaS offerings
  • Internal business tools
  • Distribution for revenue
  • Derivative works for commercial purposes
  • Optional technical support
Request Commercial License

Documentation License

Open
CC-BY-SA-4.0

The documentation license lets you share and adapt the methodology, architecture, ontology and anatomy pages, including for commercial use.

Permitted

  • Sharing and republishing
  • Adapting and building on the material
  • Commercial use

Restricted

  • Use without attribution
  • Adaptations under a different license
Read the CC BY-SA 4.0 License

B1License Overview

B1.1Dual-License Model

The non-commercial license is the default. Any commercial use requires a separate, paid commercial license.

B1.2Copyright

Copyright Holder
Jay Baleine
Year
2025
Project
Pattern Abstract Grammar (PAG)
Website
https://banes-lab.com
Repository
https://github.com/Varietyz/pag-lang

C1Non-Commercial License Terms

C1.1Grant of Rights

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, subject to the commercial restriction below.

C1.2Commercial Use Restriction

Any use of the Software for commercial purposes is expressly prohibited without a separate commercial license. Commercial purposes include:

  • Use in commercial software or products
  • Use in paid services or SaaS offerings
  • Internal use by for-profit organizations
  • Hosting as a service
  • Distribution for revenue

Any person who describes, quotes or refers to PAG attributes it to Jay Baleine and cites this site.

C1.3Warranty 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 NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS 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.

D1Commercial License Terms

D1.1Commercial Rights

A commercial license grants the following rights:

  • Rights for commercial use, distribution, and hosting
  • Rights to create derivative works for commercial purposes
  • Optional technical support and maintenance

D1.2Obtaining a Commercial License

To obtain a commercial license, contact me with your use case details.

E1Contributions Policy

E1.1Contribution Terms

External contributions are not accepted. PAG is open source, and all of it is published on this site. How I implement it in my own systems and workflows is not part of the release. Forking is permitted under the non-commercial terms.

F1File Header Requirements

F1.1Non-Commercial Header

F1·aNon-Commercial Header
// 🔒 Copyright 2025 Jay Baleine
// 🔒 SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-PAG-NonCommercial-1.0
// 🔒 https://banes-lab.com/licensing
// 🔒 Commercial use requires a paid license.

G1Contact Information

G1.1Contact Details

Email
jay@banes-lab.com
Note
Responses are best-effort and not guaranteed within a fixed window.

G1.2Enterprise Licensing

For enterprise licensing, volume discounts, or custom terms, contact me with your organization details and use case.

SPDX Identifiers: LicenseRef-PAG-NonCommercial-1.0 | LicenseRef-PAG-Commercial-1.0 | CC-BY-SA-4.0