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+# Kiln Commercial License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Marco Technology Consulting Inc. (“QuartzDev”)
+
+In this document, **QuartzDev** means Marco Technology Consulting Inc.
+**Software** means the Kiln software in this repository, including Hearth,
+Relay, Bricks, Embers, and related components. QuartzDev and Kiln are brands
+of that company.
+
+This software is dual-licensed. You may use it under either:
+
+1. **[GNU Affero General Public License v3.0](./LICENSE)** — free and open
+   source, including for commercial use, if you comply with AGPL-3.0; or
+2. **this Kiln Commercial License** — a paid alternative that removes AGPL
+   copyleft obligations and expressly includes rights to create proprietary
+   **derivative works**.
+
+This Commercial License is an alternative grant from QuartzDev. It is not a
+modification of AGPL-3.0. Users who comply with AGPL-3.0 do not need a
+Commercial License.
+
+## When you typically need a Commercial License
+
+Consider purchasing a Commercial License if any of the following apply:
+
+- you want to modify the software (or combine it with proprietary code in a
+  way that creates a derivative work) and keep those changes closed;
+- you offer a **modified** version of the software as a hosted/network service
+  and do not want AGPL §13’s requirement to provide corresponding source to
+  users of that service;
+- your organization’s policies disallow AGPL-3.0 in production; or
+- you need contractual commercial terms (support, warranty, indemnity, or
+  OEM/redistribution rights) beyond what AGPL-3.0 provides.
+
+Merely hosting or running an **unmodified** copy of the software over a
+network does not, by itself, trigger AGPL §13’s network-source disclosure
+obligation. Unmodified commercial hosting remains available under AGPL-3.0 if
+you otherwise comply with that license.
+
+Individuals, hobbyists, and organizations that are willing and able to
+comply with AGPL-3.0 may continue under the open-source license at no cost.
+
+## Grant
+
+Subject to payment of the applicable fees and compliance with this Commercial
+License and any order form or agreement between you and QuartzDev, QuartzDev
+grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable (except as expressly permitted
+below), worldwide license under QuartzDev’s copyright and patent rights in
+the software to:
+
+1. **use** the software;
+2. **copy** the software;
+3. **modify** the software and **prepare derivative works** of the software;
+4. **distribute**, publicly perform, and publicly display the software and
+   your permitted derivative works;
+5. allow your employees and contractors to exercise those rights on your
+   behalf; and
+6. **sublicense** the software solely as incorporated in your permitted
+   derivative works, to your end users and channel partners, as described in
+   Sublicensing below.
+
+Under this Commercial License you are **not** required to publish source code
+for your modifications or derivative works, and AGPL-3.0 copyleft and
+network-use disclosure obligations do not apply to your use under this
+grant.
+
+Unless your commercial agreement says otherwise, this grant covers the
+software versions identified in that agreement (or, if none are listed, the
+versions you receive from QuartzDev while the agreement is in effect),
+including bug fixes and security updates QuartzDev provides for those
+versions.
+
+## Sublicensing
+
+This Commercial License is personal to you and may not be assigned or
+transferred except as QuartzDev agrees in writing. However, to make
+derivative-product distribution workable:
+
+1. **End users.** You may grant each end user of a permitted derivative work
+   a non-exclusive, non-transferable sublicense to use and copy the software
+   **only as incorporated in that derivative work**, for the end user’s own
+   internal purposes (or as otherwise needed to use the product you supply).
+   That sublicense does not allow the end user to extract, redistribute, or
+   further sublicense the standalone software except as your product’s
+   ordinary use requires.
+2. **Channel partners.** You may grant distributors, resellers, MSPs, and
+   similar channel partners a sublicense to market, distribute, and support
+   your permitted derivative works to end users, including the right to pass
+   through the end-user sublicense above, only to the extent stated in your
+   order form or commercial agreement with QuartzDev.
+3. **OEM / white-label redistribution of the unmodified software** as a
+   standalone competing product is **not** granted by this document and
+   requires express written terms in your order form or commercial agreement.
+
+Any sublicense must be no broader than the rights granted to you here, must
+prohibit removal of QuartzDev copyright notices from the embedded software,
+and terminates automatically if your Commercial License terminates.
+
+## Derivative works
+
+The Commercial License expressly includes the right to create, use, and
+distribute **derivative works** based on the software, including modified
+panels, Relays, Bricks, Embers, orchestration tooling, and integrated
+products built from this codebase.
+
+Unless your commercial agreement says otherwise:
+
+- you may keep derivative works proprietary;
+- you are not required to publish source code for your modifications; and
+- QuartzDev retains all ownership of the original software and of any
+  QuartzDev-provided updates. You retain ownership of your original
+  contributions to derivative works, subject to QuartzDev’s ownership of the
+  underlying software.
+
+## Restrictions
+
+Except as expressly permitted by this Commercial License or your commercial
+agreement with QuartzDev, you may not:
+
+- sublicense, sell, rent, or lease the unmodified software as a standalone
+  product competing with Kiln without QuartzDev’s prior written consent;
+- remove or obscure copyright, license, or attribution notices; or
+- use QuartzDev, Kiln, Hearth, Relay, Brick, Ember, or Marco Technology
+  Consulting trademarks except as needed to accurately describe the
+  software’s origin.
+
+Third-party components bundled with the software remain under their own
+licenses.
+
+## Fees and term
+
+Commercial License fees, seat or deployment limits, support levels, and term
+are set in your order form or agreement with QuartzDev. The license continues
+for the term stated there, and ends if you fail to pay amounts due or
+materially breach these terms and do not cure within the period stated in
+your agreement (or 30 days if none is stated).
+
+## Warranty and liability
+
+Unless your commercial agreement provides different warranty or indemnity
+terms, the software is provided “as is,” and QuartzDev’s liability is limited
+to the maximum extent permitted by law and to the fees you paid for the
+Commercial License in the twelve months before the claim.
+
+## How to purchase
+
+To purchase a Commercial License, email **contact@kiln.site**.
+
+Please include:
+
+- your organization name;
+- intended use (self-hosted panel, managed hosting, derivative product, OEM);
+- whether you need support, warranty, indemnity, or redistribution terms; and
+- approximate scale (deployments, users, or tenants).
+
+## Relationship to AGPL-3.0
+
+This Commercial License does not remove AGPL-3.0 from the public repository.
+Anyone may still use the software under AGPL-3.0 if they comply with that
+license. Choosing the Commercial License is optional and is for parties who
+want different terms — especially proprietary derivative works and relief
+from AGPL copyleft.
+
+## Contributor licensing
+
+Outside contributions are accepted only under the [CLA](./CLA.md)
+(based on the Apache Software Foundation CLA). The CLA lets QuartzDev
+sublicense contributions under AGPL-3.0 and under this Commercial License, so
+commercial customers receive community improvements without AGPL copyleft
+attaching to those contributions under the commercial grant.
+
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md).