From d7e161362fd01ab2d53d930964dd258911d08193 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gary Wang Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 22:44:30 +0800 Subject: [PATCH] chore: update README for 0.1.0 release --- LICENSE | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 13 +++++++++---- 2 files changed, 43 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) create mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a5a2968 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Pineapple Notepad - End User License Agreement + +LICENSE GRANT + +Gary "BLumia" Wang ("Licensor") grants you ("Licensee") a non-exclusive, non-transferable, +royalty-free license to install and use Pineapple Notepad ("Software") for both personal +and commercial purposes. You may use this software within your business, for-profit projects, +or professional services. + +RESTRICTIONSs + +* No Resale: You may not sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or distribute the Software for money, + nor may you bundle the Software with other products or services for sale. +* No Modification: You may not modify, reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software. +* No Rebranding: You may not remove any copyright notices, branding, or logos from the Software. + +OWNERSHIP + +The Software is licensed, not sold. The Licensor retains all title, copyright, and other +intellectual property rights in the Software. + +DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING +BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND +NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, +DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING +FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. + +TERMINATION + +This license is effective until terminated. Your rights under this license will terminate +automatically without notice from the Licensor if you fail to comply with any term(s) of +this license. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index cd7fe7c..2637feb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ # Pineapple Notepad -Pineapple Notepad aims to be a simple, lightweight, and easy to use notepad application that can be a cross-platform alternative to Notepad++. It's based on [Scintilla](https://www.scintilla.org/), [Qt](https://www.qt.io/) and [KDE Framework](https://develop.kde.org/products/frameworks/), and plan to be available on Windows, Linux and macOS. +Pineapple Notepad aims to be a simple, lightweight, and easy to use notepad application that can be a cross-platform alternative to Notepad++. It's based on [Scintilla](https://www.scintilla.org/), [Qt](https://www.qt.io/) and [KDE Framework](https://develop.kde.org/products/frameworks/), available on Windows, Linux[^7] and macOS[^8]. + +[^7]: Before reaching the Open Source sponsor goal, it will only available on deepin 25 amd64 version. Please consider become a sponsor to make me be able to reach the Open Source goal so it will be available on more distros and make porting possible. +[^8]: Available in later updates. Bundle will not be signed. ## Pricing -Pineapple Notepad itself will be free of charge. Note that it *might* be closed source at launch. See the following section if you want to support Pineapple Notepad and make it open source. +Pineapple Notepad itself is free of charge, even for commercial purposes. Please review `LICENSE` file for details. + +Note that it's *currently* closed source. See the "Open Source Goal" section if you want to support Pineapple Notepad and make it open source. ## Feature Comparation Table @@ -48,6 +53,6 @@ Before the goal is reached, if you support Pineapple Notepad for equial or more ## License -Depends on if we can reach the Open Source Sponsor Goal. This section will be updated once the goal is reached. +Pineapple Notepad is released under Pineapple Notepad End User License Agreement. -Before that happens, Pineapple Notepad is planned to be released under the [CC-BY-ND-4.0](https://spdx.org/licenses/CC-BY-ND-4.0.html) license. +This section will be updated once the Open Source goal is reached.