diff --git a/docs/source/license.rst b/docs/source/license.rst index 06e7cc041..daf67a060 100644 --- a/docs/source/license.rst +++ b/docs/source/license.rst @@ -2,6 +2,13 @@ License ======= +.. note:: spaCy is currently in Alpha --- I'm not yet ready to sell full + licenses. If you're interested in trying it, you should either use it under + the AGPL, or contact me for a trial commercial license. + + honnibal@gmail.com + + I've been writing spaCy for six months now, and I'm very excited to release it. I think it's the most valuable thing I could have built. When I was in academia, I noticed that small companies couldn't really make use of our work. @@ -116,9 +123,9 @@ copyright. Phuong and Jessie: Open Source developers ######################################### -Phuong and Jessie use the Calibre to manage their e-book libraries. They have an -idea for a search feature, and they want to use spaCy to implement it. Calibre is -released under the GPLv3. The AGPL has additional restrictions for projects -used as a network resource, but they don't apply to this project, so Phuong and -Jessie can use spaCy to improve Calibre. They'll have to release their code, but -that was always their intention anyway. +Phuong and Jessie use the open-source software Calibre to manage their e-book +libraries. They have an idea for a search feature, and they want to use spaCy +to implement it. Calibre is released under the GPLv3. The AGPL has additional +restrictions for projects used as a network resource, but they don't apply to +this project, so Phuong and Jessie can use spaCy to improve Calibre. They'll +have to release their code, but that was always their intention anyway.