MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE 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 SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

About This License

The MIT License is a permissive free software license that:

✅ Allows commercial use
✅ Allows modification
✅ Allows distribution
✅ Allows private use
⚠️ Requires license and copyright notice
⚠️ Provides no warranty
⚠️ Provides no liability protection

What This Means for You

You CAN:

Use RamAPI commercially in your products and services
Modify the source code to fit your needs
Distribute your modified versions
Use privately without sharing your changes
Sublicense under different terms

You MUST:

Include the license and copyright notice in all copies
Include the license if you distribute the software

You CANNOT:

Hold authors liable for damages
Use contributor names for endorsement without permission

Third-Party Licenses

RamAPI uses the following open source dependencies, each with their own licenses:

Core Dependencies

jsonwebtoken - MIT License
bcrypt - MIT License
zod - MIT License

Observability Dependencies

@opentelemetry/api - Apache 2.0 License
@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-base - Apache 2.0 License
@opentelemetry/sdk-trace-node - Apache 2.0 License
@opentelemetry/exporter-trace-otlp-http - Apache 2.0 License

Optional Dependencies

@apollo/server - MIT License (for GraphQL)
@grpc/grpc-js - Apache 2.0 License (for gRPC)
uWebSockets.js - Apache 2.0 License (for uWS adapter)

All dependencies are used in accordance with their respective licenses.

Attribution

When using RamAPI in your project, attribution is appreciated but not required. If you'd like to give credit:

Powered by [RamAPI](https://github.com/shanmukhram/RamAPI)

Or in your package.json:

{
  "credits": "Built with RamAPI - https://github.com/shanmukhram/RamAPI"
}

Contributing

By contributing to RamAPI, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License.

See CONTRIBUTING.md for contribution guidelines.

Questions?

If you have questions about licensing:

Open an issue on GitHub (opens in a new tab)
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License Version: 1.0
Last Updated: January 2024