Software Licensing

Licensing philosophy

Quox publishes open protocols and developer SDKs, alongside a proprietary, source-available platform. QuoxCORE is free to run and self-host for business or personal use, and may be extended through independently owned plugins. The core itself is not licensed for modification, redistribution, rebranding or competing managed-service offerings.

The free self-hosted licence does not require seat fees or a Quox account. Separate written licences can authorise white-label, OEM and hosted platform offerings.

Open ProtocolsApache License 2.0

Protocol specifications are fully open. Anyone can implement, extend, and redistribute. The Apache 2.0 license includes an explicit patent grant, protecting implementers from patent claims.

Repositories

Rights

• Use commercially
• Modify and redistribute
• Patent grant included
• Must retain copyright notice

Core PlatformQuox Community Source Licence 1.0

Free source-available self-hosting for individuals and organisations, including business use. Independently developed plugins may be freely licensed or sold. Protected Quox-owned core cannot be modified, redistributed, rebranded, or sold as a hosted/managed platform without written permission. No automatic conversion to an open-source licence.

Repositories

Rights

• Source code is visible and auditable
• Free self-hosted use at any scale
• Extend through plugins and APIs
• Modify or repackage Quox-owned core
• Offer as competing managed service
• White-label or rebrand
• Automatic open-source conversion

Developer SDKsMIT

Developer tools and independently authored extensions are separate from protected QuoxCORE. Creators choose licences for their own plugins, subject to their dependencies and marketplace terms.

Repositories

Rights

• Create and distribute plugins
• Sell independently developed extensions
• Modify and redistribute MIT-licensed SDK

WebsiteProprietary

The quox.ai website is proprietary software that runs exclusively on Quox infrastructure. It is not distributed or licensed to third parties.

Repositories

Rights

• Runs only on Quox infrastructure
• Not distributed as software

Quox Community Source Licence 1.0

The operative licence is published in each protected product repository's LICENSE file. These are proprietary, source-available terms, not open-source terms.

• Free: Self-host unmodified Quox for personal and business operations without machine, seat or revenue limits.
• Extend: Develop, publish and sell independently authored plugins, skills, integrations, workflows and agents.
• Protected core: No unauthorised changes, derivative core distributions, repackaging or rebranding.
• Commercial licences: Contact Quox for white-label, OEM, redistribution or hosted/managed Quox platform rights.
• No change date: New Community Source versions do not automatically convert to Apache 2.0.
• Separate licences: Apache and MIT repositories remain under their existing permissive terms.

Read the QuoxCORE licence text.

Commercial licensing

If your use case requires redistribution, white-labeling, or offering Quox software as a managed service, commercial licenses are available. Contact us to discuss terms.

Email: [email protected]

Open Specifications

All four protocols are specified and published as open specifications under Apache License 2.0. IETF submission is filed for all four.

• quoxai/aee - Agent Envelope Exchange
• quoxai/aocl - Agent Orchestration Control Layers
• quoxai/volt - Verifiable Operations Ledger & Trace
• quoxai/ward - Write-once Append-only Receipt Digests