According to Kirby License You are not allowed to sell, assign, license, disclose, distribute, or otherwise transfer or make available Kirby or its Source Code, in whole or in part, in any form to any third parties. According to above quoted paragraph from Kirby License, a web company is not al…

Thank you for the pointer. Unfortunately it doesn’t really clarify the issue at hand. The post you are referring to says: It should be fine to “rent the license out”… However, the Kirby license says: The license is… generally non-transferable You are not allowed to sell, … distribute, … o…

Sorry for the confusion here. We do of course support the model that you as an agency or freelancer buy a license for your customer and build a website for them. This is very common and done over and over again. In this case we are also happy to transfer the license from you to your client later if …

Thank you very much for the extensive clarification. What you said aligns with what I was thinking at first. However, as I was kindly reminded by colleges, at the end of the day the only binding statement is what the license says. :hearts:

Hi @bastianallgeier , I’d like to ask about a slightly different scenario that I think might sit somewhere between the supported and unsupported use cases. I’m working on a SaaS product built on top of Kirby. It’s not a website builder in the sense of Wix or Squarespace, but rather a focused applica…

Hi Jakub, We have since added a clause to our EULA for exactly such use cases: You may make Kirby available to customers via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offering, provided You ensure that each Website has a valid Kirby license purchased either by You or Your customer. If multiple customers sh…

Thanks Lukas, that’s exactly what I needed to hear. The license pool approach makes total sense — appreciate the clear guidance!

[License] Question regarding charging for websites build on top of Kirby

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