License

Joystick is licensed under the SAUCR License (Source Available Under Commercial Restriction), an open-source software license created by Joystick's author for Joystick and other open-source developers. The license is designed to maximize transparency while protecting independent creators from forfeiting their intellectual property rights.

SAUCR License

Source Available Under Commercial Restriction

Version 1, March 3rd, 2024

Copyright © 2024 CheatCode Software LLC

Definitions

"License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution of the source code as defined in this document.

"Author" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by the copyright owner that is granting the License.

"You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity exercising permissions granted by this License.

"Work" shall mean the work of authorship, whether in the form of source code, documentation, assets, or other materials, made available under the License, as indicated by a Copyright Notice that is included in or attached to the work.

"Derivative Works" shall mean any work, whether in the form of source code, documentation, assets, or other materials that are based on (or derived from) the Work and for which the editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications represent, as a whole, an original work of authorship.

Scope

This license covers any and all source code, documentation, assets, or other materials included in the source code ("software", "the software", "project", "the work", "work", "the code", "code", "source", "source code", "repo", "repository", or "git repo") accompanying this license created by the author ("author", "creator", "developer", "developers", "copyright holder", "copyright holders").

This license does not cover any source code, documentation, assets, or other materials included in the source code that were not created by the author. Any source code that falls under this description is subject to its own license(s) and requirements.

The full text of this license including the above Copyright Notice shall be included in all derivative works of the source code.

The author retains full copyright, intellectual property rights, and patent rights to any and all source code, documentation, assets, or other materials included in the source code created by the author and is licensing usage of the source code, documentation, assets, or other materials included in the source code to you for the express purpose of creating any derivative work that falls within the limits imposed by the "Derivative Works Permitted" and the "Derivative Works Not Permitted" under "Agreement."

Agreement

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this source code, to use the source code in or as a part of any derivative work permitted under "Derivative Works Permitted." Copying, modifying, publishing, distributing, sub-licensing, and/or sale of the source code is permitted for any work that falls within the limits imposed by the "Derivative Works Permitted" and the "Derivative Works Not Permitted." Any usage not expressed or implied under "Derivative Works Permitted" is prohibited without written permission from the author in addition to the "Derivative Works Not Permitted."

Derivative Works Permitted

Under this license, the following derivative works using the source code are permitted:

Any software ("software", "app", "application", "tool", "intranet", "dashboard", "interface", "back end", "front end"), Software as a Service (SaaS) or Platform as a Service (PaaS) product or service offered either commercially or non-commercially that does not conflict with the limits of the "Derivative Works Not Permitted" stated below.

Derivative Works Not Permitted

Under this license, the following derivative works using the source code are not permitted:

An alternative or competing software framework ("framework", "library", "package", "packages", "fork", "forks") that originates as a fork (modified copy of the source code) or copy (either a verbatim, unmodified copy or a reproduction or re-implementation inspired by the source code) either for commercial or non-commercial purposes using either the current name or brand of the source code, Joystick, or a different name, brand, or entity.

A Platform as a Service (PaaS) made available commercially or non-commercially that offers the source code itself as a service (e.g., offering a hosted version of the framework as a service).

Use of the source code as the training data for any Artificial Intelligence (AI) model.

Requesting Permission for Derivative Works

Permission for derivative works not listed under "Derivative Works Permitted" can be requested from the author via email at business@cheatcode.co.

Limitation of Liability

THE SOURCE CODE 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 SOURCE CODE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOURCE CODE.