# License [#license] `@aventara/access` is licensed under the PolyForm Shield License 1.0.0, with an additional permission. The Shield license's Noncompete section applies only to providing a product that competes with the software itself: Aventara Access, its packages and its tooling. Providing a product that competes with any other product the licensor or its affiliates provide using the software is a permitted purpose. The additional permission only adds to your permissions. It does not restrict or replace any term of the license. The authoritative texts are `LICENSE` and `LICENSE-ADDITIONAL-PERMISSION.md`, which ship in the npm package. This page is a summary, not legal advice.