Licensing
Free to build with. Licensed to build a business on.
Two tiers, stated plainly. Developers and individuals use FrogNet for free. Using it as the platform under a commercial product needs a commercial license from Fawcett Innovations.
One line: are you making money on it?
If FrogNet is helping you make money as a platform, that's commercial. Everything short of that — learning, tinkering, research, running it for yourself — is free.
Developer & Individual
Free
- Personal, hobby, educational, and research use.
- Non-commercial deployment — your home, your lab, your neighborhood.
- Evaluation and prototyping ahead of a commercial decision.
- Full access to the distribution under the developer terms.
Commercial
Contact for terms
- Using FrogNet as a core platform to make money — the networking layer under a product or service you sell.
- Deploying it operationally inside a for-profit organization.
- Bundling or redistributing it in a commercial offering.
- Terms are per-arrangement.
Access is to the distribution under those terms; the source is not published. The full license text ships with the distribution.
Licensing, answered plainly.
Is it open source?
No. The source isn't published. FrogNet is distributed under license — free for developers and individuals, commercial license required to build a business on it.
Can I use it at work to evaluate it?
Yes — evaluation and prototyping are covered by the free tier. The commercial line is crossed when it becomes the platform under something you sell or operate for profit.
Can I deploy it across my house, lab, or neighborhood?
Yes. Non-commercial deployment for yourself or your community is free.
What exactly counts as commercial?
Using FrogNet as a core platform to make money: as the networking layer under a product or service you sell, redistributed in a commercial offering, or run operationally inside a for-profit organization.
How do I get the developer license?
Request access on the developer-license page. It's a short form; access follows once it's reviewed.
How do I get a commercial license?
Email john@fawcettinnovations.com with what you're building and how FrogNet fits. Terms are set per arrangement.
Start building
Get the developer license.
Free, and the answer is usually yes. A short form, a quick review, then access and the build manual.