# License

## Code license

`mononet` is licensed under the **Apache License 2.0**. See the
[full text](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) or the `LICENSE`
file in the repository. Commercial and noncommercial use, modification, and
redistribution are permitted under the license's terms, including its
attribution and NOTICE requirements.

## Patent

The technique implemented by `mononet` is described in **U.S. Patent No.
11,551,063** ("Implementing monotonic constrained neural networks",
assignee: **AIRT Technologies Ltd.**, Zagreb, Croatia,
<https://patents.justia.com/patent/11551063>).

`mononet` is distributed under the Apache License 2.0, whose section 3
grants the patent rights needed to use, make, and distribute this software.

## Contributions

Contributions are accepted under the Apache License 2.0 (inbound=outbound,
per the license's section 5). No separate contributor agreement is
required.