# Licensing

Telemt is currently distributed under the **TELEMT Public License**

For the complete and legally binding license terms, see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE).

The license file accompanying a particular release is authoritative for that release. A future release may use a different version of the TELEMT Public License or another license without changing the licensing terms of previously released versions.

## Summary

Under the TELEMT Public License, you may generally:

* use and reproduce the Software;
* modify it and create derivative works;
* publish and redistribute source or binary copies;
* sublicense the Software;
* sell copies or products containing the Software.

The license includes several conditions and limitations, including:

* copyright notices, attribution notices, and the license text must be preserved when redistributing Telemt-derived code;
* modified versions must be clearly identified as modified and include a brief description of the changes;
* modified or redistributed versions must not be presented as official Telemt releases;
* the license does not grant rights to Telemt trademarks, logos, or branding;
* contributors provide a patent license for patent claims necessarily infringed by their contributions, subject to defensive termination provisions;
* contributions submitted for inclusion in Telemt are licensed under the same license unless explicitly stated otherwise;
* operators of publicly accessible services using Telemt are encouraged to provide attribution;
* providing corresponding source code and build instructions with binary distributions is encouraged, but not required.

The Software is provided **WITHOUT ANY KIND OF WARRANTY**, as described in [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE).

This document is only a summary intended to make Telemt's licensing easier to understand. If anything in this document conflicts with the applicable [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE), the license text controls.