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Legal and Licensing

This page helps administrators locate and preserve the legal materials supplied with PostQ Code Scanner. It is operational guidance, not a license agreement, legal advice, or a replacement for the documents distributed with the product.

Governing product documents

Depending on the artifact and release profile, the distribution can include:

File or area Purpose
LICENSE.txt PostQ software license supplied with the artifact
POSTQ_CODE_SCANNER_PRODUCT_TERMS.txt Product-specific conditions
BETA_RELEASE_NOTICE.txt Beta limitations and release-specific notice
COPYRIGHT.txt Copyright notice
TRADEMARK_NOTICE.txt Trademark notice
THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.txt Required third-party attribution/notices
SOURCE_INFORMATION.txt Corresponding-source or component source information where applicable
third-party/ Component licenses, notices, hashes, and source information

The exact files in the artifact you received are authoritative for that artifact. Do not substitute files from another version or rely on a web copy when the packaged document differs.

Administrator responsibilities

  1. Obtain artifacts and entitlements through the approved distribution channel.
  2. Review all supplied license, product-term, beta, notice, and source-information files before deployment.
  3. Restrict distribution and use to what the applicable terms authorize.
  4. Preserve the exact legal bundle with retained release artifacts.
  5. Protect license files and local usage ledgers from disclosure or modification.
  6. Route contractual interpretation, redistribution, open-source obligations, and production-use questions through your organization's legal/procurement process.

Container display commands

The container entrypoint can display available legal text without starting a scan:

docker run --rm postq-code-scanner-cli:latest --license
docker run --rm postq-code-scanner-cli:latest --notices

These commands are convenience views. Preserve and review the files supplied in the release artifact itself.

License acceptance and activation

Legal acceptance and technical activation are different:

  • acceptance represents authorization and agreement to the applicable terms;
  • activation validates the signed postq.lic entitlement and trial limits.

Neither this website nor a successful technical activation expands the rights in the governing agreement.

See Activate a License, License FAQ, and the Legal Artifacts index.