SYNAPSE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE - COMMUNITY EDITION LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2024 Michael Benjamin Crowe. All Rights Reserved.

This software is dual-licensed:

1. COMMUNITY EDITION (This License)
   - Free for personal, educational, and non-commercial use
   - Limited features (see below)
   - Community support only

2. COMMERCIAL EDITIONS
   - Professional and Enterprise licenses available
   - Full features and support
   - See LICENSE-PROPRIETARY for details

COMMUNITY EDITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS
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Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to use
the Software for personal, educational, and non-commercial purposes only,
subject to the following conditions:

1. PERMITTED USES:
   - Personal learning and experimentation
   - Academic research (with attribution)
   - Open-source projects (non-commercial)
   - Educational instruction
   - Hobby projects

2. RESTRICTIONS:
   - NO commercial use without a commercial license
   - NO use in production environments
   - NO redistribution of modified versions
   - NO removal of license validation code
   - NO use in competing products
   - Limited to 4 CPU cores for parallel execution
   - Limited to 1000 tensor elements
   - No GPU acceleration
   - No quantum computing modules
   - No enterprise features

3. ATTRIBUTION:
   You must include the following attribution in any academic papers,
   presentations, or derivative works:
   
   "Powered by Synapse Programming Language (https://synapse-lang.com)
    Created by Michael Benjamin Crowe"

4. TELEMETRY:
   This software collects anonymous usage statistics to improve the product.
   By using this software, you consent to this data collection.

5. DISCLAIMER:
   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.

6. UPGRADE TO COMMERCIAL:
   To remove restrictions and access full features, purchase a commercial license:
   - Professional: $499/year - Individual commercial use
   - Enterprise: $4,999/year - Organizational use with support
   
   Visit: https://synapse-lang.com/pricing

7. TERMINATION:
   This license automatically terminates if you violate any of these restrictions.
   Upon termination, you must destroy all copies of the Software.

8. GOVERNING LAW:
   This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States and the
   State of California.

For questions about licensing, contact: licensing@synapse-lang.com