// legal

License

CommitBrief is GPL-3.0-or-later; dependencies are GPL-compatible.

Effective May 26, 2026

CommitBrief is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later). The full license text ships in every release at LICENSE and is the authoritative source.

What this means

  • You may use, copy, modify, and distribute CommitBrief.
  • If you distribute a modified version (including over a network), you must distribute the corresponding source under the same license.
  • There is no warranty; the software is provided “as is.”

Dependencies

All runtime dependencies are GPL-compatible (MIT, Apache-2.0, or BSD). Run make license-check in the source tree for the audit report.

Contributions

Contributions are accepted under inbound-equals-outbound: by submitting a pull request, you agree your contribution is licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later. See the org-wide CONTRIBUTING guide.