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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ That’s why we’ve acted: **with Open WebUI v0.6.6+ (April 2025), our license
In plain terms:
- **Open WebUI is still free, open source, and permissively licensed.**
- **You can still use, modify, and redistribute it for any purpose—just don’t remove or alter our branding unless you meet one of three clear criteria (see below).**
- **The original BSD-3 license continues to apply for all contributions before v0.6.6.**
- **The original BSD-3 license continues to apply for all contributions made to the codebase up to and including release v0.6.5.**
We remain committed to transparency, openness, and supporting everyone—from hobbyists to enterprise. This is a “semi-copyleft” measure: we protect just the branding, to keep the project honest and sustainable; everything else is as free as you expect from open-source BSD.
@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ Open WebUI’s license is now:
2. **You are a contributor**, and have gotten written permission from us;
3. **You’ve secured an enterprise license** from us which explicitly allows branding changes.
- **All code submitted/merged before 0.6.6 remains BSD-3 licensed** (no branding requirement applies for that legacy code).
- **CLA required for new contributions** after v0.6.6 under the updated license.
- **All code submitted/merged to the codebase up to and including release v0.6.5 remains BSD-3 licensed** (no branding requirement applies for that legacy code).
- **CLA required for new contributions** after v0.6.5 (v0.6.6+) under the updated license.
This is not legal advice—refer to the full [LICENSE](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/blob/main/LICENSE) for exact language.
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### **3. Aren’t these clauses contradictory? BSD-3 says you can’t use your name to promote forks, but also requires branding?!**
**Good question!**
Our branding requirement means you **mayn’t falsely promote** your fork as “endorsed by” or “officially part of” Open WebUI (BSD-3-Clause, section 3)—but it *must* still acknowledge its origins for transparency.
**Good question!** Our branding requirement means you **mayn’t falsely promote** your fork as “endorsed by” or “officially part of” Open WebUI (BSD-3-Clause, section 3)—but it *must* still acknowledge its origins for transparency.
- **You must keep “Open WebUI” branding visible (unless you qualify as detailed above).**
- **You must clarify (in your documentation/about/landing) that it’s a fork, not the official version.**