Firmware licensing

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ESPFlight Firmware is released under the MIT License, a short permissive open-source license that allows learning, modification, redistribution, and commercial use while requiring preservation of the copyright and license notice.

SPDX · MITMIT License

This page includes the complete MIT License text used for ESPFlight Firmware. Brand rights are separate from the software license.

Plain-language guide

What this means for ESPFlight builders.

A short practical summary is provided below. The full MIT License text is the controlling license.

USE

Use it for learning or products

You may use ESPFlight Firmware in personal, educational, experimental, prototype, and commercial projects or products subject to the MIT License.

MODIFY

Modify and redistribute it

You may fork, change, copy, merge, publish, distribute, and sublicense ESPFlight Firmware under the MIT License terms.

NOTICE

Keep the license notice

Copies or substantial portions of the software must include the copyright notice and MIT License permission notice.

BRAND

Brand rights stay separate

The firmware license does not grant unrestricted rights to the ESPFlight name, logo, visual identity, or other brand assets. See the Brand Policy.

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MIT License

Complete license text. If any ESPFlight summary conflicts with this license, the MIT License text controls.

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MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 ESPFlight

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.