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+## Business Source License 1.1
+
+License text copyright (c) 2017 MariaDB Corporation Ab, All Rights Reserved. "Business Source License" is a trademark of
+MariaDB Corporation Ab.
+
+### Parameters
+
+Licensor: Jito Foundation
+
+Licensed Work: Jito Restaking
+
+Additional Use Grant: None
+
+Change Date: Dec 1, 2025
+
+Change License: Apache License Version 2.0
+
+### Terms
+
+The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production
+use of the Licensed Work. The Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited production use.
+
+Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly available distribution of a specific
+version of the Licensed Work under this License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under the
+terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph above terminate.
+
+If your use of the Licensed Work does not comply with the requirements currently in effect as described in this License,
+you must purchase a commercial license from the Licensor, its affiliated entities, or authorized resellers, or you must
+refrain from using the Licensed Work.
+
+All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this
+License. This License applies separately for each version of the Licensed Work and the Change Date may vary for each
+version of the Licensed Work released by Licensor.
+
+You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work. If you receive the
+Licensed Work in original or modified form from a third party, the terms and conditions set forth in this License apply
+to your use of that work.
+
+Any use of the Licensed Work in violation of this License will automatically terminate your rights under this License
+for the current and all other versions of the Licensed Work.
+
+This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of Licensor or its affiliates (provided that you may
+use a trademark or logo of Licensor as expressly required by this License). TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW,
+THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE,
+NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE. MariaDB hereby grants you permission to use this License’s text to license your works, and
+to refer to it using the trademark "Business Source License", as long as you comply with the Covenants of Licensor
+below.
+
+### Covenants of Licensor
+
+In consideration of the right to use this License’s text and the “Business Source License” name and trademark, Licensor
+covenants to MariaDB, and to all other recipients of the licensed work to be provided by Licensor:
+
+To specify as the Change License the GPL Version 2.0 or any later version, or a license that is compatible with GPL
+Version 2.0 or a later version, where “compatible” means that software provided under the Change License can be included
+in a program with software provided under GPL Version 2.0 or a later version. Licensor may specify additional Change
+Licenses without limitation.
+To either: (a) specify an additional grant of rights to use that does not impose any additional restriction on the right
+granted in this License, as the Additional Use Grant; or (b) insert the text “None” to specify a Change Date. Not to
+modify this License in any other way.
+
+### Notice
+
+The Business Source License (this document, or the "License") is not an Open Source license. However, the Licensed Work
+will eventually be made available under an Open Source License, as stated in this License.
+
+