# Scanworker Open-Source License

Copyright © 2026 Ralf Hartmann <ralfhartmann@gmx.net>

Scanworker is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.

Scanworker is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but **without any
warranty**; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose.

The complete, authoritative license text is the
[GNU General Public License, version 3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt).
A verbatim copy of that text accompanies Debian systems at
`/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-3`.

The free macOS controller is also GPL-3.0-or-later and is distributed outside
the App Store. Selected, expressly marked, rights-cleared shared source files
carry the additional GPLv3 section 7 permission in
[SCANWORKER-APP-STORE-EXCEPTION-1.0.md](SCANWORKER-APP-STORE-EXCEPTION-1.0.md),
allowing their use in a separate official proprietary paid controller. The
permission does not cover unmarked GPL or third-party code. See
[LICENSING.md](LICENSING.md) for scope and contribution requirements.

SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later