KOKUM COMMUNITY AND COMMERCIAL LICENSE
Version 1.0 — 2026

Copyright © 2026 TigerDB Solutions Private Limited,
Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India. All rights reserved.

IMPORTANT: This is a custom software license. By installing, copying,
using, modifying, or distributing Kokum, you agree to its terms.

1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 “Kokum” or “Software” means the Kokum programming language and its
compiler, Kokum Virtual Machine, IDE, runtime, libraries, source code,
binary files, documentation, examples, visual assets, and related
materials published by TigerDB Solutions Private Limited, except for
third-party components that are governed by their own licenses.

1.2 “Educational Use” means use by a school, college, university, teacher,
student, or academic researcher solely for teaching, learning, coursework,
laboratory work, classroom demonstration, or non-commercial academic
research.

1.3 “Open Project” means a software project whose complete corresponding
source code is publicly available under an open-source license.

1.4 “Commercial Use” means any use intended for direct or indirect
commercial advantage, monetary compensation, revenue generation, or
business operations. It includes, without limitation:

    a. use in a commercial, professional, production, or internal business
       system;
    b. development or delivery of paid software, services, subscriptions,
       hosting, SaaS, consulting, support, training, or contract work;
    c. sale, rental, licensing, sublicensing, or paid distribution of
       software created with or dependent on Kokum; and
    d. commercial use of an Open Project, whether the project itself is
       distributed as source code or binary code.

2. EDUCATIONAL LICENSE GRANT

Subject to this License, TigerDB Solutions Private Limited grants a
royalty-free, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use, copy, study,
and modify Kokum for Educational Use.

Schools and colleges may install Kokum in classrooms, laboratories, and
student systems and may distribute copies to their students and teaching
staff for Educational Use.

This grant does not cover institutional administration systems, paid
commercial training, consulting, commercial research, or production use.

3. OPEN PROJECT LICENSE GRANT

Subject to this License, Kokum may be used without a license fee to
develop, test, build, and distribute an Open Project, provided that:

    a. the use of Kokum and the Open Project is non-commercial;
    b. the complete source code of the Open Project is publicly available;
    c. this copyright notice and all Kokum attribution notices are
       preserved; and
    d. any modified version of Kokum itself is clearly identified as
       modified and remains subject to this License.

For avoidance of doubt, making source code publicly available does not
authorize Commercial Use. Any Commercial Use of Kokum or of an Open
Project built with Kokum requires a separate Commercial License.

4. COMMERCIAL LICENSE REQUIRED

Kokum may not be used for any Commercial Use unless a separate written
Commercial License has first been obtained from TigerDB Solutions Private
Limited.

A Commercial License may specify fees, permitted users, permitted
applications, deployment rights, redistribution rights, support,
maintenance, duration, and other commercial terms.

Commercial licensing requests shall be made through the licensing contact
published on kokum.dev.

5. APPLICATIONS CREATED WITH KOKUM

Applications created with Kokum may be used and distributed without a
license fee only when their use qualifies under Section 2 or Section 3.

Redistribution of Kokum runtime components, KokumVM, or other Kokum
components as part of an application is permitted only to the extent
necessary for a use authorized by this License or by a separate Commercial
License.

No license is granted to sell, lease, sublicense, or commercially host
Kokum itself or any substantially equivalent modified version of Kokum
without written permission.

6. COPYRIGHT AND ATTRIBUTION

All copies and permitted distributions of Kokum must retain the following
notice:

    Copyright © 2026 TigerDB Solutions Private Limited.
    All rights reserved.

Existing copyright, attribution, trademark, license, and third-party
notices must not be removed, hidden, or altered.

7. OWNERSHIP

Kokum is licensed, not sold. TigerDB Solutions Private Limited retains all
right, title, and interest in Kokum, including all copyright, trademark,
trade-secret, and other intellectual-property rights, except for rights in
third-party components.

No rights are granted except those expressly stated in this License.

8. TRADEMARKS AND BRANDING

This License does not grant permission to use the names “Kokum,” “KokumVM,”
“TigerDB Solutions Private Limited,” the Kokum fruit mascot, logos, domain
names, or other branding except as reasonably necessary to identify the
Software or preserve required attribution.

Modified versions must not represent themselves as official Kokum releases
or imply endorsement by TigerDB Solutions Private Limited without prior
written permission.

9. RESTRICTIONS

Except where expressly permitted by this License or a separate written
agreement, you may not:

    a. use Kokum for Commercial Use;
    b. remove or alter copyright or attribution notices;
    c. sublicense Kokum;
    d. use Kokum in violation of applicable law; or
    e. use TigerDB Solutions Private Limited’s trademarks or branding in a
       misleading manner.

10. TERMINATION

Your rights under this License terminate automatically if you breach any
term of this License.

Upon termination, you must stop using and distributing Kokum and destroy
all unauthorized copies. Provisions concerning ownership, attribution,
warranty, liability, and governing law survive termination.

TigerDB Solutions Private Limited may separately permit continued use after
a breach through a written agreement.

11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, KOKUM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND
“AS AVAILABLE,” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, OR AVAILABILITY.

You are responsible for testing Kokum and applications created with Kokum
before deployment.

12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TIGERDB SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED,
ITS DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS,
REPUTATION, OR SERVICE, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO KOKUM OR THIS LICENSE.

13. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

This License is governed by the laws of India.

Subject to applicable law, the courts having jurisdiction in Ratnagiri,
Maharashtra, India shall have exclusive jurisdiction over disputes arising
from or relating to this License.

14. ENTIRE LICENSE

This License is the complete agreement governing the free Educational Use
and non-commercial Open Project use of Kokum unless TigerDB Solutions
Private Limited and the licensee sign a separate written agreement.

If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue
in effect.

END OF LICENSE
