LICENSING & NOTICES
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The Nexus Community & Commercial License, Version 1.0 describes the terms for proprietary Nexus software expressly distributed under it. The separate Commercial Licensing Policy, effective November 1, 2026, establishes the financial and administrative terms.
Begin without payment
Nexus may be used without payment until applicable cumulative lifetime Qualifying Revenue exceeds US $5,000.
The license defines Qualifying Revenue and registration requirements. Read those definitions when determining eligibility; the threshold does not apply indiscriminately to every kind of income.
Individual commercial licensing
US $249 per individual Developer per year.
After the applicable threshold is exceeded, a Developer needs a Commercial License for continued development using proprietary Nexus software. Organizations may purchase individually assigned licenses for their Developers. Renewal is manual.
Your work remains yours
The license makes no ownership claim over independently developed applications, projects, and original content. It permits unlimited projects and imposes no royalties or per-project fees. Using Nexus does not, by itself, require disclosure of an application's source code.
The license also addresses distribution of previously developed applications after commercial-license expiration and the conditions for continued development. Its provisions do not override third-party licensing requirements.
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Community & Commercial License Commercial Licensing Policy
These documents are published directly from the Nexus repository's root LICENSE and LICENSE_COMMERCIAL_POLICY.MD. This overview does not replace their definitions, conditions, or terms.
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Consult the notices supplied with the component or release you use, especially for material redistributed with an application.