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What the Licence Means for You

pg_relay is published under the MIT Licence — one of the most permissive open-source licences in common use. This chapter explains what that means in plain English. It is a summary for convenience only, and is not a substitute for the full legal text, which is the actual licence you are bound by.

What you can do

  • Use pg_relay, for free, for absolutely any purpose — personal, commercial, internal, or resold as part of your own product.
  • Copy it, and share those copies with anyone.
  • Modify it — change the source code in any way you like.
  • Merge it into your own codebase, alongside other software.
  • Publish your own version of it.
  • Distribute it — give or sell copies to others.
  • Sub-licence it — pass on the same permissions to people you give it to, or attach your own additional terms to your own distribution.
  • Sell copies of it, whether unmodified or as part of something larger you charge for.

What you must do

  • Keep the original copyright notice, and the full licence text, included in every copy or substantial portion of the software you distribute. That is the entire obligation — there is no requirement to publish your own changes, credit Pebble IT in your product, or share anything back.

What you are not getting

  • No warranty. The software is provided "as is" — Pebble IT makes no promise that it is fit for any particular purpose, or free of defects.
  • No liability. Pebble IT is not liable for any claim, damages, or other consequence arising from your use of the software.

This is the standard trade-off behind almost all permissive open-source licences: you get complete freedom to use and build on the software, in exchange for accepting that it comes with no guarantees attached.

If any of this differs from what your organisation's legal or procurement team needs to hear, direct them to the full licence text — it is short, and it is the actual governing document.

Continue to The Full Licence Text.