Licenses
| Component | License | Copyright |
|---|---|---|
| Ratspeak app | Reticulum License | Ratspeak LLC |
| ratspeak-handheld firmware, launcher, and tools | Reticulum License | Ratspeak LLC |
| rsNode firmware and tools | Reticulum License | Ratspeak LLC |
| rsReticulum | Reticulum License | Mark Qvist, unless otherwise noted; additions and modifications Ratspeak LLC |
| rsLXMF | Reticulum License | Mark Qvist, unless otherwise noted; additions and modifications Ratspeak LLC |
| rsReticulumLite | Reticulum License | Mark Qvist, unless otherwise noted; additions and modifications Ratspeak LLC |
| rsLXMFLite | Reticulum License | Mark Qvist, unless otherwise noted; additions and modifications Ratspeak LLC |
| rsLXST | LXST license | Mark Qvist |
| lrgp-rs, lrgp-py, lxmface | MIT | Ratspeak |
| RNode firmware bundled in ratspeak-handheld | GPL-3.0-or-later | Mark Qvist and contributors |
| microReticulum, used by the legacy handheld firmware | Apache-2.0 | its author |
| Other third-party components | Their own licenses, listed in each repository's third-party notices |
Each repository's LICENSE file is the binding text. Repositories that bundle other
components list them in NOTICE. The Ratspeak app shows the same notices under
About → Licenses.
Reticulum License
The license of the Reticulum and LXMF reference implementations by Mark Qvist, also published at reticulum.network/license.html. It permits use, modification, distribution, and sale, on three conditions:
- the software shall not be used in any kind of system which includes amongst its functions the ability to purposefully do harm to human beings;
- the software shall not be used, directly or indirectly, in the creation of an artificial intelligence, machine learning or language model training dataset, including but not limited to any use that contributes to the training or development of such a model or algorithm;
- the copyright notice and the permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the software.
LXST
rsLXST is derived from the LXST reference implementation, which is published under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, and is used under the following license from its author:
LXST Copyright 2026 Mark Qvist.
This implementation of LXST is derived from the LXST reference implementation,
and used under license for Ratspeak, for non-commercial use only.
No derivatives or use outside Ratspeak is permitted.
For commercial licensing inquiries, contact license@unsigned.io
Builds that include rsLXST (voice calls in the app, voice memos on the handhelds) are non-commercial and not for use outside Ratspeak.