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Merge pull request #199 from pelican-dev/boy132/update-license-faq
Update licensing FAQ
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# Frequently Asked Questions
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Here are some of the most asked questions that were asked in our Q&A stage on 4/12/2024, and our answers.
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Here are some of the most asked questions and our answers.
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**Last Updated: 2024-08-30**
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**Last Updated: 2026-03-12**
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<Admonition type="info" title="When is the beta?">
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The Beta is now available!
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**Head over to the Install docs and try out Pelican yourself.**
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**Head over to the [Install docs](/docs/panel/getting-started) and try out Pelican yourself.**
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The Pelican Panel has been relicensed to **AGPLv3**. Wings still uses **MIT**.
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We forked from Pterodactyl and made the decision to relicense the Panel from the original [MIT license](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/) to the [AGPLv3 license](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/agpl-3.0/).
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The AGPL license is what is known as a [copyleft](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft) type license. It requires that any modifications to a public panel _must_ be open sourced under the same license. Private panels do not have that restriction!
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This license change does only affect you if you meet _all_ of the following requirements:
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1. You modified the Pelican panel source files.
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2. These modifications are not open source.
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3. Your modified panel is publicly available. (Note: People who are family, friends, and acquaintances are not the public)
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Plugins do _not_ fall under the new license because they do not modify the panel source code. See the [plugin FAQ](?faq=plugins) for more information.
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If you meet _all_ of the above requirements you need a commercial license.
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Please note that the usage or development of plugins/ themes does not require a commercial license.
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The license change does only affect you if you meet _all_ of the following requirements:
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1. You modified the Pelican panel source files.
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2. These modifications are not open source.
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3. Your modified panel is publicly available. (Note: People who are family, friends, and acquaintances are not the public)
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You can find more detailed information about the new license in [this blog post](https://pelican.dev/blog/relicensing-pelican-to-agpl).
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If you meet _all_ of the above requirements you need a commercial license.
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**Please note that the usage or development of plugins/themes does not require a commercial license.**
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