Noncommercial and small commercial use
Noncommercial use is free. Official branded Small Commercial Use is free up to $2,600 in Victory-Related Revenue per License Year.
Current licensing documents
Use Victory for free within the published terms.
The current license is free for noncommercial use and for official branded Small Commercial Use up to $2,600 in Victory-Related Revenue per License Year. The documents below are the canonical terms in the public Victory repository.
At a glance
$49, $249, and $999 per year
Above the free threshold, the published annual tiers are Independent Producer, Small Production, and Production Lot. Revenue above $250,000 uses a custom written agreement.
Source-available, not open source
The Victory Community License permits use, study, modification, and sharing under its conditions. It is not OSI-approved open-source licensing.
This summary is an orientation, not a replacement for the full documents. If the summary and a canonical document differ, follow the canonical document.
Canonical documents
- Victory Community License ↗ — free-use scope, source and sharing conditions, branding, restrictions, and warranty terms.
- Commercial Terms ↗ — revenue definitions, annual tiers, upgrade timing, and commercial restrictions.
- Component Licenses ↗ — the license boundaries for Victory code, documentation, Niava, Catharsis, and third-party components.
- Trademark and Official Build Policy ↗ — truthful references, official branded builds, modified builds, and renamed forks.
- Contributor Terms ↗ — how contributions to the project are licensed.
What this means for the alpha
The Windows alpha installer is available from the public release repository ↗. Linux/Debian deployment files are available in the main repository, but there is not currently a packaged Debian installer listed in the release assets.