From 6f7e2c138e13a99794fdb8378126dc749b0c1c89 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harry Kalodner Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 14:28:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme and license for AEP --- LICENSE => LICENSE.md | 33 +++++++++++++++++---------------- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) rename LICENSE => LICENSE.md (78%) diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.md similarity index 78% rename from LICENSE rename to LICENSE.md index 8217feee..9d63ae00 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE.md @@ -10,27 +10,28 @@ Parameters Licensor: Offchain Labs Licensed Work: Arbitrum Nitro Contracts - The Licensed Work is (c) 2021-2023 Offchain Labs + The Licensed Work is (c) 2021-2024 Offchain Labs Additional Use Grant: You may use the Licensed Work in a production environment solely to provide a point of interface to permit end users or applications utilizing the Covered Arbitrum Chains to interact and query the state of a Covered Arbitrum Chain, including without limitation - validating the correctness of the posted chain state. For purposes - of this Additional Use Grant, the "Covered Arbitrum Chains" are - means (a) Arbitrum One (chainid:42161), Arbitrum Nova (chainid:42170), - Arbitrum Rinkeby testnet/Rinkarby (chainid:421611), and - Arbitrum Nitro Goerli testnet (chainid:421613) (b) any future - blockchains authorized to be designated as Covered Arbitrum Chains - by the decentralized autonomous organization governing the Arbitrum - network; and (c) any “Layer 3” Arbitrum-based blockchain that is built - on and settles to another Covered Arbitrum Chain. - - - - - -Change Date: Dec 31, 2027 + validating the correctness of the posted chain state, or to deploy + and operate (x) a blockchain that settles to a Covered Arbitrum Chain + or (y) a blockchain in accordance with, and subject to, the [Arbitrum + Expansion Program Term of Use](https://docs.arbitrum.foundation/assets/files/Arbitrum%20Expansion%20Program%20Jan182024.pdf). For purposes of this + Additional Use Grant, the "Covered Arbitrum Chains" are means + (a) Arbitrum One (chainid:42161), Arbitrum Nova (chainid:42170), + rbitrum Rinkeby testnet/Rinkarby (chainid:421611),Arbitrum Nitro + Goerli testnet (chainid:421613), and Arbitrum Sepolia Testnet + (chainid:421614); (b) any future blockchains authorized to be + designated as Covered Arbitrum Chains by the decentralized autonomous + organization governing the Arbitrum network; and (c) any “Layer 3” + Arbitrum-based blockchain that is built on and settles to another + Covered Arbitrum Chain. + + +Change Date: Dec 31, 2028 Change License: Apache License Version 2.0 diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8fc3d98c..2d0dc59a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,3 +17,19 @@ cd nitro-contracts yarn install yarn build ``` + +## License + +Nitro is currently licensed under a [Business Source License](./LICENSE), similar to our friends at Uniswap and Aave, with an "Additional Use Grant" to ensure that everyone can have full comfort using and running nodes on all public Arbitrum chains. + +The Additional Use Grant also permits the deployment of the Nitro software, in a permissionless fashion and without cost, as a new blockchain provided that the chain settles to either Arbitrum One or Arbitrum Nova. + +For those that prefer to deploy the Nitro software either directly on Ethereum (i.e. an L2) or have it settle to another Layer-2 on top of Ethereum, the [Arbitrum Expansion Program (the "AEP")](https://docs.arbitrum.foundation/assets/files/Arbitrum%20Expansion%20Program%20Jan182024.pdf) was recently established. The AEP allows for the permissionless deployment in the aforementioned fashion provided that 10% of net revenue is contributed back to the Arbitrum community in accordance with the requirements of the AEP. + +## Contact + +Discord - [Arbitrum](https://discord.com/invite/5KE54JwyTs) + +Twitter: [Arbitrum](https://twitter.com/arbitrum) + +