License

Traverse is released under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Traverse Contributors

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.

What This Means

You are free to:

• Use Traverse for personal and commercial projects
• Modify the source code to fit your needs
• Distribute compiled versions of the software
• Sublicense your modifications under the same or compatible license
• Private use without any obligation to share your changes

You must:

• Include the original copyright notice in all copies
• Provide a copy of the license with distributed software
• Keep attribution to the original project

Third-Party Dependencies

Traverse includes third-party libraries with their own licenses:

Tree-sitter

• License: MIT License
• Repository: github.com/tree-sitter/tree-sitter

Rust Dependencies

All Rust dependencies are compatible with the MIT license. For a complete list, see Cargo.lock in the source repository.

Commercial Use

The MIT license permits commercial use of Traverse. You can:

• Use Traverse in commercial projects
• Include Traverse in commercial products
• Build commercial services using Traverse
• Distribute Traverse as part of commercial software

No additional licensing fees or commercial licenses are required.

Attribution

When using Traverse, we appreciate attribution but it's not required by the license:

Analysis powered by Traverse (https://github.com/calltrace/traverse)

or

Generated using Traverse Solidity Analysis Tools

Support

The MIT license does not include support guarantees. For support:

• GitHub Issues: github.com/calltrace/traverse/issues
• Documentation: calltrace.github.io/traverse-docs
• Community: github.com/calltrace/traverse/discussions

Disclaimer

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.

Questions?

If you have questions about licensing or how Traverse can be used in your project:

1. Search existing GitHub issues
2. Create a new issue for licensing questions
3. Contact the maintainers through GitHub discussions

The MIT license is designed to be permissive while protecting the authors and ensuring the software remains open source for everyone.