Commercial route¶
The owner approved the following launch pricing and commercial policy on 8 October 2026. A separate commercial agreement will permit proprietary distribution on its agreed terms. This document is not a commercial licence grant. Until an agreement is executed, this repository supplies the GPL route.
| Tier | Annual company revenue (USD) | Approved launch price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to and including $50,000 | Free |
| Indie | Above $50,000, up to and including $500,000 | $199 per developer per year |
| Pro | Above $500,000, with no upper limit | $699 per developer per year |
Prices are in USD, excluding applicable taxes. Exactly $50,000 qualifies for Starter; exactly $500,000 qualifies for Indie. Revenue is company-wide, rather than limited to RAVET-based products, measured over the previous twelve months at purchase or renewal. These bands identify the minimum qualifying tier.
Approved commercial policy¶
- Every tier includes every framework feature, supported platform, and supported plug-in format. This is not a promise of functionality not yet implemented.
- Unlimited products and no royalties.
- Paid licences include twelve months of updates and permanent commercial rights to the versions received during that period. Renewal purchases further updates; developers may continue building and selling products using previously licensed versions after renewal stops.
- No separate licence fees for build machines or CI.
- Revenue tier is assessed at purchase or renewal. Company growth does not retroactively invalidate earlier licences or their retained distribution rights.
- Community support is available across all tiers. Paid customers receive a direct reporting channel. Dedicated engineering support and contractual response times are priced separately; the base licence includes no response-time guarantee.
- Start with annual billing. Monthly instalments are a possible future offering, not an approved launch option.
- Keep the preview phase free. Introduce paid commercial licensing when RAVET can reliably ship production plug-ins with usable editors and documentation. Preview pricing does not itself grant permission to distribute proprietary products.
Commercial agreement draft¶
Commercial Licence Agreement — draft 0.1 contains the proposed contract and Order Form. It preserves the approved policy and lists additional drafting choices for owner and legal review. It is not an executed licence, and its proposed defaults have not been adopted merely by being drafted. The repository's GPL metadata and LICENSE remain unchanged.
Contract details still needed¶
The pricing and policy above are accepted; the final agreement still needs to specify:
- Revenue calculation, currency conversion, related entities, and funding treatment.
- Developer-seat definition, contractor coverage, reassignment, and purchases partway through a licence year.
- Starter enrolment, eligibility reassessment, and the scope of its retained commercial rights; whether customers may voluntarily select a higher tier.
- Exact version coverage, support-channel operation, renewal, and termination for breaches of the agreement.
- Rights to modify RAVET, and permitted source/binary redistribution.
- Licence scope and treatment of third-party components.
Have the actual commercial agreement reviewed before offering it to customers. Do not introduce accounts, activation, telemetry, or runtime licence checks solely because this licensing decision exists.