🍞 Bread

🍞 Bread is a simple license: Personal use and evaluation are free. Companies with under US$ 1m a year in revenue are free too. Creators make money.

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About 🍞 Bread

Free for you. Friendly for business. Put your ideas to work, build a business, and help software creators make a living. Source-available software licensing, grounded in reciprocity.

Use cases

Legal & Compliance Developer Tools Marketing & Sales

Details

Category: Legal & Compliance
Tier: Free
Board position: #1844
Tags: Developer Tools, Marketing & Sales

What it helps with

Earning a sustainable living from software you createMonetizing developer tools without going closed-sourceKeeping software free forever for personal use and studyGiving early-stage startups free access under $1M revenueEliminating invasive seat-tracking and machine limitsProtecting paying customers with lasting release rightsWelcoming forks and competing products under clear termsAvoiding sudden bait-and-switch relicensing dramas

Tech Stack

MarkdownSemantic HTMLCSSDeveloper ToolsSource Licensing

Keywords

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Media

Links

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Frequently asked questions

Who qualifies for free use?

Personal use and genuine evaluation are always free with no calendar expiration. Any company or organization with less than US$1M in combined annual revenue and qualifying funding across its company group is also completely free.

What happens if a company stops renewing its paid license?

Acquired rights to covered releases are perpetual. There is no kill-switch or forced downgrade. The company keeps the right to run any release published during its paid term forever; it simply stops receiving subsequent official updates.

Can anyone adopt Bread for their own software?

Yes. Bread is an independent, reusable licensing model. Any creator can adopt it for their project, publish their own price tiers, and keep 100% of their customer relationships and direct revenue.