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+[Читать на русском](author.ru.md)
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+# Author and License
+
+Copyright (c) Vitaliy Filippov (vitalif [at] yourcmc.ru), 2019+
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+Join Vitastor Telegram Chat: https://t.me/vitastor
+
+All server-side code (OSD, Monitor and so on) is licensed under the terms of
+Vitastor Network Public License 1.1 (VNPL 1.1), a copyleft license based on
+GNU GPLv3.0 with the additional "Network Interaction" clause which requires
+opensourcing all programs directly or indirectly interacting with Vitastor
+through a computer network and expressly designed to be used in conjunction
+with it ("Proxy Programs"). Proxy Programs may be made public not only under
+the terms of the same license, but also under the terms of any GPL-Compatible
+Free Software License, as listed by the Free Software Foundation.
+This is a stricter copyleft license than the Affero GPL.
+
+Please note that VNPL doesn't require you to open the code of proprietary
+software running inside a VM if it's not specially designed to be used with
+Vitastor.
+
+Basically, you can't use the software in a proprietary environment to provide
+its functionality to users without opensourcing all intermediary components
+standing between the user and Vitastor or purchasing a commercial license
+from the author 😀.
+
+Client libraries (cluster_client and so on) are dual-licensed under the same
+VNPL 1.1 and also GNU GPL 2.0 or later to allow for compatibility with GPLed
+software like QEMU and fio.
+
+You can find the full text of VNPL-1.1 in the file [VNPL-1.1.txt](../../VNPL-1.1.txt).
+GPL 2.0 is also included in this repository as [GPL-2.0.txt](../../GPL-2.0.txt).