License
WP Dash is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1) — the same license used by MariaDB, HashiCorp (Vault, Terraform), and Sentry.
Key Parameters
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Licensor | Giulio Leone |
| Additional Use Grant | None |
| Change Date | March 5, 2030 |
| Change License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Commercial contact | giulioleone097@gmail.com |
What Is Allowed (without a commercial license)
- ✅ Cloning and studying the source code
- ✅ Running WP Dash locally for personal evaluation
- ✅ Contributing pull requests
- ✅ Running WP Dash in a local/development environment with no production traffic
What Requires a Commercial License
- ❌ Deploying WP Dash for production use (any environment serving real users)
- ❌ Offering WP Dash as a SaaS or hosted service
- ❌ Embedding WP Dash in a paid product or managed service
- ❌ Using WP Dash on behalf of any company or organization for production purposes
After March 5, 2030
On the Change Date, WP Dash automatically converts to GPL-3.0-or-later.
This means the codebase will be fully open-source under the GPL, which:
- Requires distributing source code with any distributed binaries
- Requires derivative works to be licensed under GPL-3.0 as well
Obtain a Commercial License
For commercial use, SaaS deployments, or enterprise agreements:
📧 giulioleone097@gmail.com
🌐 giulioleone.com
WordPress Plugin License
The WordPress plugins (wp-bridge-plugin, wp-wpdash-plugin) are separately released under the GPL-2.0-or-later license, as required by the WordPress plugin ecosystem. This applies only to the plugin code — not to the WP Dash dashboard application.
Full License Text
The full license text is available in the LICENSE file in the repository root.