# Licensing

> Ownership and commercial terms during the private beta.

Canonical: https://maru.audio/docs/licensing
Documentation index: https://maru.audio/llms.txt

Maru is in private beta. You keep ownership of the module code, UI,
presets, and original assets you create.

> **In the Help Center:** [Content rights and visibility](https://maru.audio/help/content-rights-and-visibility.md) for what to check before sharing or selling.

## Early supporter plans

Paid plans support the beta and are intended to help people build real products.
Before any payment, we will provide the current beta terms and confirm whether
the plan fits what you want to build.

Final commercial permissions, revenue thresholds, update coverage, and post-1.0
rights are still under legal review and may change. No current plan promises
perpetual, uncapped commercial use unless its written terms explicitly say so.

## Framework and export rights

The SDK, compiler, CLI, examples, and generated native shells are not published
under a general open-source license. Do not redistribute or vendor the framework
itself unless your beta terms grant that right.

Native distribution may also carry format-specific obligations. The VST3 SDK is
MIT-licensed from 3.8 onward, and Maru's native builds use 3.8.1. ASIO remains
dual-licensed under GPLv3 or a proprietary agreement. Samples, impulse
responses, models, and ported DSP keep their own upstream licenses.

The practical rule is simple: keep provenance for third-party material, read the
terms presented before purchase, and ask us about a specific release before you
depend on an assumption.