dotCMS Aditional Use Grant 2025

Licensor: dotCMS LLC Licensed Work: The Licensed Work is Copyright © 2025 dotCMS LCC. Additional Use Grant: You may use the Licensed Work in Production for your own company, organizational or personal use at no cost as long as your Total Finances do not exceed US $5,000,000 USD for the most recent 12-month period, provided that dotCMS LCC will not be liable to you in any way, including for any damages, including general, special, incidental or consequential damages, arising out of such use. Definitions: "Total Finances" means the largest of your aggregate gross revenues, entire budget, and/or funding (no matter the source); "you" and "your" include (without limitation) any individual or entity agreeing to these terms and any affiliates of such individual or entity. Additionally, if you are a company or service provider building/hosting dotCMS for other organizations, including parent organizations or 3rd party clients, then Total Finances also includes those of any commerical beneficiary of the software. For example: Individual developer creating a plugin or hobby project — No cost. Small business with total finances under $5,000,000 USD — No cost. Small agency building projects for small customers — No cost. Large enterprise non-production use — No cost. Large enterprise production use — Commercial license required. Small agency building/hosting project for large enterprise - Commercial license required. “Production” includes all instances that are set up in any step of an SDLC process whereby the output of the content/site/api are being delivered to public or private audiences, via dotCMS or 3rd party systems. For example: Production: a dotCMS installation that publishes content or apis to a 3rd party application, hosting provider or CDN. Production: An instance set up that multiple people access for acceptance and approvals. Development: an instance that is set up for an internal evaluation. Development: A local instance used to develop a new plugin or website. Change Date: Four years from August 01, 2025 Change License: GNU General Public License (GPL) v3 For information about alternative licensing arrangements, please visit https://www.dotcms.com/pricing