Ajexa iMarketing - Licensing

A. Ajexa iMarketing Server Licensing

General Public License (GPL) - For Open Source Projects:

• If you are developing and distributing open source applications under the GPL License, then you are free to use Ajexa under the GPL License. Read GPL licensing details.
• Our software is 100% GPL (General Public License); if yours is 100% GPL compliant, then you have no obligation to pay us for the licenses. This is a great opportunity for the open source community and those of you who are developing open source software.
• The formal terms of the GPL v3 license can be found here. Please note that the General Public License can be restrictive, so if it doesn't meet your needs, you are better served by our Commercial License.
• If you represent a non-profit organization or an academic institution, we recommend you publish your application as an open source / free software project using the GPL license. Thereby, you are free to use Ajexa software free of charge under the GPL license. We believe that if you have strong reasons to not publish your application in accordance with the GPL, you should purchase commercial licenses.
• If you are a private individual you are free to use Ajexa software for your personal applications as long as you do not distribute them. If you distribute them, you must make a decision between the Commercial License and the GPL.
• To anyone in doubt, we recommend the commercial license.

Commercial License - For Commercial OEMs, ISVs and VARs:

• For OEMs, ISVs, and VARs who distribute Ajexa with their products, and do not license and distribute their source code under the GPL, Ajexa provides a flexible OEM Commercial License. Please contact us to know more.
• The Commercial License is an agreement with Ajexa for organizations that do not want to release their application source code. Commercially licensed customers get a commercially supported product with assurances from Ajexa. Commercially licensed users are also free from the requirement of making their own application open source.
• When your application is not licensed under either the GPL-compatible Free Software License as defined by the Free Software Foundation or approved by OSI, and you intend to or you may distribute Ajexa software, you must first obtain a commercial license to the Ajexa product.

B. Ajexa iMarketing Portal Licensing

Sugar Public License

• Ajexa iMarketing Portal is built on SugarCRM platform and Ajexa modules are under Sugar Public License which is available here.

C. Ajexa iMarketing Licensing FAQ

What is Ajexa's software licensing model?

Ajexa uses a "dual licensing" business model for Ajexa Server. Under this model, users may choose to use Ajexa Server under the free software/open source GNU General Public License (commonly known as the "GPL") or under a commercial license.

With the GPL license, Ajexa is available free of charge, as long as the use of Ajexa adheres to the terms of GPL license. Users may download the software for free and modify, integrate and distribute it. However, GPL users must abide by the rules of the GPL, which stipulate that if a Ajexa-based application is redistributed, the complete source code for this application must also be open and available for redistribution.

Ajexa offers a commercial license for organizations that do not want to release the source code for their application. Commercial license customers get a commercially supported product with a level of assurance from Ajexa, without the requirement that their Ajexa-based software must be "open sourced". Ajexa is able to provide a commercial license because it has full ownership of the Ajexa code.

Why does Ajexa offer two licenses?

Ajexa's dual license model supports the company's mission: to make superior software available and affordable to all.

The dual licensing creates a circle that sustains both innovation and growth: Ajexa channels the revenue from this viable open source business model back into support for its open source user community that, in turn, supports Ajexa's commercial business.