Comment by alexdriedger

To clarify the dual license, our connectors are under MIT and the core of Pontoon is under ELv2. We should have an FAQ to clarify that, since, as you mention, the license file isn't the most user friendly to read.

Pontoon is free to use and anyone can deploy it, we just want to have the protection in place in case we want to offer a managed version of Pontoon in the future for those who don't want the hassle of self-hosting.

We chose to go with ELv2 to be upfront from the start with what the license is, rather than the common trend we've seen with open source projects of starting with MIT/Apache 2.0 and then changing their license afterwards. We're really not trying to trick anyone here, we have both licenses listed right at the top of the readme.