License

Canvas is released under the MIT License, one of the most permissive and widely-used open source licenses.

What the MIT License Means

✅ What You Can Do

  • Commercial Use: Use Canvas in commercial applications and products
  • Modification: Modify the source code to fit your needs
  • Distribution: Distribute Canvas with your applications
  • Private Use: Use Canvas in private/internal projects
  • Sublicense: Include Canvas in projects with different licenses

📋 Your Only Requirements

The MIT License requires just two things:

  • Include Copyright: Include the original copyright notice in all copies or substantial portions
  • Include License: Include the MIT license text in all copies or substantial portions

How to comply: Add this to your project's LICENSE, THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES file, or documentation:

Canvas Framework
Copyright (c) 2025 Quellabs
Licensed under the MIT License
https://github.com/quellabs/canvas

🚫 What We Don't Provide

  • Warranty: Canvas is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind
  • Liability: We're not liable for any damages or issues arising from use
  • Support: No guaranteed support or maintenance obligations

Third-Party Dependencies

Canvas uses several external libraries, all with MIT-compatible licenses:

  • Symfony HTTP Foundation: MIT License
  • Cron Expression (dragonmantank/cron-expression): MIT License
  • Monolog: MIT License

When distributing your application, you should include attribution for these dependencies as well.

For Contributors

By contributing code, documentation, or other materials to Canvas, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License. This ensures:

  • Your contributions remain freely available to the community
  • Users can continue to rely on Canvas's permissive licensing
  • The project maintains consistent, simple licensing terms

Full License Text

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Quellabs

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.

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