# Licensing — Bane's Lab

> Pattern Abstract Grammar (PAG) is available under a dual-license model: a free non-commercial license and a commercial license for businesses.

Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/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 2025 Updated: September 2026 v1.1.0

Contents

- [A1 License Types](#license-types)
- [B1 License Overview](#license-overview)
- [C1 Non-Commercial License Terms](#non-commercial-terms)
- [D1 Commercial License Terms](#commercial-terms)
- [E1 Contributions Policy](#contributions)
- [F1 File Header Requirements](#file-headers)
- [G1 Contact Information](#contact)

## License Types

### Choose 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

`LicenseRef-PAG-Commercial-1.0`

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](mailto:jay@banes-lab.com?subject=PAG Commercial License Inquiry)

### 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](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)

## License Overview

### Dual-License Model

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

### Copyright

**Copyright Holder**

Jay Baleine

**Year**

2025

**Project**

Pattern Abstract Grammar (PAG)

**Website**

https://banes-lab.com

**Repository**

https://github.com/Varietyz/pag-lang

## Non-Commercial License Terms

### Grant 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.

### Commercial 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.

### Warranty 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.

## Commercial License Terms

### Commercial 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

### Obtaining a Commercial License

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

## Contributions Policy

### Contribution 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.

## File Header Requirements

### Non-Commercial Header

F1·a Non-Commercial Header

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

## Contact Information

### Contact Details

**Email**

jay@banes-lab.com

**Note**

Responses are best-effort and not guaranteed within a fixed window.

### Enterprise 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