Engine license
The Baryon engine — the sound-to-space runtime, shared render packages, and public web app — is source-available under PolyForm Strict License 1.0.0.
This page is a plain-language summary. The full PolyForm Strict license text in the repository controls the engine license. The license is intended for personal, educational, research, and other non-commercial use cases where you want to study the runtime, modify it privately, and contribute improvements back.
What the license allows
- Use, study, and modify the software for personal and non-commercial work
- Run private, non-commercial deployments
- Contribute improvements back to this repository
What the license does not allow
- Distributing a product built on or substantially derived from the Baryon engine without a separate commercial license
- Offering a hosted or managed service powered by the engine without a separate commercial license
- Treating the engine license as permission to ship the desktop product itself
Desktop product
The Baryon desktop application is a separate commercial product. It is not distributed under PolyForm Strict. Purchase terms are shown at checkout; desktop end-user use is governed by the Baryon EULA, which is bundled with the app and presented in-app.
Contributions
Baryon accepts community contributions under a Contributor License Agreement. Contributors retain copyright ownership of their work while granting the licensor the right to use those contributions under the repository’s licensing model, including commercial terms where appropriate.