# 📄 DoCoreAI License – MIT + Commercial Usage Terms

## 1. Open Source Licensing (MIT)

The core source code of **DoCoreAI** is released under the **MIT License**.

This means you are **free to:**
- ✅ Use, copy, modify, and distribute the code
- ✅ Incorporate it into personal, academic, and commercial projects
- ✅ Build on top of it and contribute improvements

See the [MIT License](#mit-license) section below for full legal terms.

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## 2. Additional Terms for SaaS and Enterprise Usage

While the MIT License permits broad usage, the following **specific commercial scenarios require a separate agreement**:

### 🚫 You **may not**:
- ❌ Deploy DoCoreAI as part of a **commercial SaaS platform** or public cloud-based service
- ❌ Integrate DoCoreAI into **multi-agent orchestration systems** intended for resale or external users
- ❌ Offer DoCoreAI or derivatives as part of a paid product without prior written permission

These limitations are in place to **protect the integrity of the open-source project** while enabling sustainable growth and partnerships.

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## 3. Commercial Licensing

If you intend to use DoCoreAI for any of the following:
- 💼 Enterprise deployment
- 🌐 SaaS or hosted product integration
- 🤖 Agent-based orchestration in commercial tools

👉 Please reach out to arrange a **custom commercial license** or partnership.

📩 Contact: [sajijohnmiranda@gmail.com](mailto:sajijohnmiranda@gmail.com)

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## 4. Contributions

We welcome contributions!  
All pull requests and submitted code will be governed under the MIT License by default.

By contributing, you agree that your contributions may be used in both open and commercially licensed versions of DoCoreAI.

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## 5. Disclaimer of Warranty

DoCoreAI is provided **“as is”**, without warranty of any kind.  
The maintainers are **not liable** for any damages arising from its use.

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## MIT License

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MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Saji John Miranda

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, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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.

```