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Licensing

TinyOlly is released under the BSD 3-Clause License.
The full license text is available in the LICENSE file. This license permits free use, modification, and redistribution for individuals, researchers, and small organizations.

Community and Small-Scale Use

TinyOlly may be used freely under the BSD license for:

  • Individual developers and hobby projects
  • Academic and research use
  • Startups or small organizations
  • Limited internal development, tooling, experimentation, or evaluation

No additional agreements are required for these scenarios.

Commercial and Large-Scale Use

Organizations deploying TinyOlly in a broader or more intensive capacity are required to obtain a commercial license. This includes use cases such as:

  • Organizations with approximately 50 or more employees
  • Deployments across multiple engineering teams
  • Production or mission-critical observability workflows
  • Integration into commercial software, platforms, or SaaS products
  • High-volume or distributed environments

For commercial licensing inquiries, contact:

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Rationale

This model ensures that TinyOlly remains fully open source and accessible to the community while providing a sustainable path for supporting organizations that rely on it at scale.