From 27e17426ea85b58de58f961134bc4bb4a47173b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "StackMemory Bot (CLI)" Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:16:39 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] chore(license): switch from MIT to PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 Make StackMemory free for personal, research, educational, and noncommercial use. Commercial use requires a separate license. - Replace LICENSE file with PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0 - Update README.md License section with usage summary - Update package.json and package-lock.json license fields --- LICENSE | 152 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------- README.md | 4 +- package-lock.json | 2 +- package.json | 2 +- 4 files changed, 136 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index dd9c9a33..ef4ee91e 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,21 +1,131 @@ -MIT License - -Copyright (c) 2026 StackMemory AI - -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. 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Commercial use requires a separate license from StackMemory AI. diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json index af74c36f..07a8f2b4 100644 --- a/package-lock.json +++ b/package-lock.json @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ "name": "@stackmemoryai/stackmemory", "version": "1.13.0", "hasInstallScript": true, - "license": "MIT", + "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0", "dependencies": { "@anthropic-ai/sdk": "^0.71.2", "@anthropic-ai/tokenizer": "^0.0.4", diff --git a/package.json b/package.json index 22e5f148..07637291 100644 --- a/package.json +++ b/package.json @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ "url": "https://github.com/stackmemoryai/stackmemory/issues" }, "author": "StackMemory AI", - "license": "MIT", + "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0", "publishConfig": { "access": "public" },