# Trademarks

"Caveman" — the name, the wordmark, and the rock logo — is a trademark of Julius
Brussee. Trademark applications are pending (Nice Classes 9 and 42).

Software is split-licensed. MIT directories are open source; BSL-1.1
directories are source-available, not OSI Open Source before Change Date. **Code
license per directory — see [LICENSING.md](LICENSING.md) — grants code rights,
not rights to Caveman name or logo.**

## What's fine (no permission needed)

- Saying your project "works with Caveman," is "powered by Caveman," or is
  "compatible with Caveman" — accurate, nominative use.
- Using the name to refer to this project in docs, blog posts, talks, and
  comparisons.
- Forking the code under its license and running it.

## What needs permission

- Naming your own product, service, company, or app "Caveman" or anything
  confusingly similar.
- Using the Caveman logo as the icon or brand for your own product.
- Implying your fork, distribution, or hosted service is the official Caveman, is
  endorsed by Caveman, or is affiliated with Julius Brussee when it isn't.
- Selling merchandise using the name or logo.

## Why this exists

Trademark is separate from both MIT adoption surfaces, BSL runtime, and
commercial Caveman Cloud. Anyone can run code within its license; only the
real thing gets to be called Caveman. Misuse of the marks terminates your license
to use them (the code license is unaffected, but the confusion isn't allowed to
stand).

Questions, or want a logo/usage grant for an integration? → **hello@caveman.so**
