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License

VNOX and LNEx are licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0).

Copyright (C) 2026 VNOX Contributors

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

Full license text: LICENSE in the repository root.

What this means

You can:

  • use VNOX for any purpose
  • study and modify the source code
  • distribute copies of VNOX
  • distribute modified versions — but they must also be GPL-3.0

You cannot:

  • distribute VNOX or derivatives under a proprietary license
  • remove copyright notices

Protocol specification

The LNEx protocol specification (docs/02-protocol/) is additionally licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain).

This means anyone can implement the LNEx protocol in any language, under any license, without restriction. Third-party clients and servers are explicitly encouraged.

Plugins

Plugins you write for VNOX are your own code. The GPL does not automatically apply to plugin code — plugins communicate with VNOX via WebSocket RPC, which is considered a separate program. You may license your plugins however you choose.