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Keystone Licensing Agreement

DEFINITIONS

The Software
Refers to the software package known as "Keystone". Included in this are all source code files within the distribution, all structure files, all graphic images, and all documentation.
Support Software
Refers to the packages, not written by Dave Belfer-Shevett, that are used to make Keystone functional. This includes, but is not limited to, the Apache web server, the PHP/FI system, Perl, The MySQL database server, the MSQL database server, and the PostGres database server.
The Author
Refers to the author of Keystone, Dave Belfer-Shevett (shevett@pobox.com) exclusively.
The Licensee
Refers to the individual or organization that wishes to use The Software for any purpose.
Active Users
Refers to the number of active users is determined by the number of unique users who log into The Software on The Licensee's system within any given week.

TERMS

The Licensee will retain all copyright information within The Software, and on display wherever The Software is installed. An example of a copyright line is (c)1998 by Dave Belfer-Shevett (shevett@pobox.com)
Any additions or modifications made to The Software are understood to not void this agreement in any way, without written authorization from The Author
The Licensee may not have more than 10 (10) active users within the system, without subscribing to a commercial license for The Software (see 'Commercial Licensing').
If the 'Active User' count is 10 users or more, the Licensee must license The Software under one of the following Commercial licenses.
Disabling or bypassing the intent or effect of either this license or license-enforcing code within The Software is prohibited.

COMMERCIAL LICENSING

Internal Use
An Internal Use License is applicable when the system has more than 10 Active Users. (See DEFINITIONs for a definition of Active Users).
Pricing for Internal Use
Pay for Service
A Pay for Service license is applicable when The Licensee is charging for access to The Software by a userbase other than the Active Users. This may arise if The Software is set up as helpdesk software available to the customers as part of their service with The Licensees. This form of license ONLY applies if the users will be interacting with The Software directly (through email or through the web), not if the Active Users are using it for their own tracking only. Note that this license option may be in addition to an Internal Use license.
Pricing for Pay for Service:
Redistribution
The Software may be licensed for redistribution under several circumstances. Note that these circumstances apply if ANY PART of The Software is resold, either as a standalone package, or as part of another system.
- Public Download Availability
  The Software may be placed on a web server, ftp server, etc for public distribution at no charge to the Distributor, so long as the package remains intact, as distributed from www.stonekeep.com, and proper attribution is made to the author and the web site where the package came from.
- For-Profit CDROMs
  The Software may be distributed on so called "Public Software" CDROM's, so long as the charge for said CDROM does not exceed $US 50.00. After that point, the license falls under 'Resale' conditions.
- Resale
  The Licensee must compensate The Author upopn resale of The Software at a cost of $50 per sale instance, or 5% of of the resale price, whichever is greater. A record of the sale, including to whom The Software was sold, and a copy of the sales order (or invoice, or purchase order, etc) must be forwarded to The Author within 90 days of the sale completion. Note that resale of Teh Softwar eplaces no obligation upon The Author other than what is stated within this License Agreement.
- Inclusion
  Elements of The Software may be included and distributed within another package ONLY with The Author's written consent. Cost of this type of licensing will be taken on an individual basis, and may be negotiated ONLY with The Author.

SOURE CODE MODIFICATION

The source code for The Software is (c)1997-1998 Dave Belfer-Shevett (shevett@pobox.com). It may be modified for personal or internal use, so long as the original copyright statements remain in place within each file, as well as copyright markes in the public HTML, and the attribution in th epages where they are visible to the end user.