> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.cinepro.cc/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# License & Terms

> Review the CinePro Core license, usage terms, legal disclaimer, and developer liability under the PolyForm Noncommercial License for personal use only.

<Warning>
  CinePro is for **personal and non-commercial use only**. By using this project, you agree to all terms outlined on this page.
</Warning>

## At a Glance

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  <Card title="Source Available" icon="git-branch-plus">
    Free to use, fork, and modify for personal and non-commercial purposes under the PolyForm Noncommercial License.
  </Card>

  <Card title="No Ads or Tracking" icon="ban">
    You are **not** allowed to add any form of tracking, analytics, or advertising to this project.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Personal Use Only" icon="house">
    Designed for private, home use. **Not** for public-facing or commercial deployments.
  </Card>
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## PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0

CinePro Core is released under the [PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0](https://github.com/cinepro-org/core/blob/main/LICENSE).

<Info>
  The PolyForm Noncommercial License allows you to use, copy, modify, and distribute CinePro freely — as long as it is strictly for **non-commercial purposes**. Unlike MIT, this license legally enforces the non-commercial restriction. The full license text is available at [polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/).
</Info>

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## Usage Restrictions

These restrictions apply to CinePro Core, the Frontend, and any other CinePro ecosystem project:

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  <Accordion title="No commercial use" icon="circle-dollar-sign">
    You may **not** use this project for any commercial purpose. This includes SaaS offerings, monetized streaming services, revenue-generating applications, or any platform that directly or indirectly generates income — even if CinePro is only one component among many.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="No selling or redistributing for profit" icon="tag">
    You may **not** sell, sublicense, or redistribute CinePro or any modified version of it for commercial gain.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="No ads or tracking" icon="eye-off">
    Adding any form of advertisement, affiliate marketing, telemetry, analytics beyond what already exists in this project, or user-tracking mechanisms is strictly prohibited.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="No public hosting as a service" icon="globe">
    CinePro is intended to run **privately on your own machine or home server**. Hosting it as a publicly accessible scraping service for other users is outside the intended use case. Doing so may also constitute commercial use under the license. The developers cannot be held responsible for consequences arising from such deployments.
  </Accordion>
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## No Media Hosting

<Note>
  CinePro does **not** host, upload, store, or distribute any media files or copyrighted content.
</Note>

CinePro Core is a tool that scrapes and returns **links to content already hosted on third-party websites**. It only aggregates URLs — it never serves, caches, or proxies the actual media files themselves. The same applies to the [CinePro Frontend](https://github.com/cinepro-org/frontend).

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## Legal Responsibility

You, the user, are **solely responsible** for complying with all applicable local laws, regulations, and terms of service of any third-party streaming source you access via CinePro.

<Warning>
  The developers of CinePro are **not responsible** for the legality, accuracy, copyright status, or compliance of any content linked through this tool.
</Warning>

If you encounter copyright concerns or legal issues with any content surfaced by CinePro, please contact the **owner or host of that content directly**. CinePro developers have no involvement with or control over any third-party media.

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## Developer Liability

By using CinePro, you acknowledge that:

* You use the software entirely **at your own risk**.
* The developers of CinePro **are not liable** for any legal, financial, or other consequences arising from your use of the tool.
* This includes — but is not limited to — disputes arising from linked content, scraping activity, or violations of third-party terms of service.

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  CinePro surfaces direct links to where media is hosted on third-party sites. It does not host anything itself. For any content-related matter, please contact the relevant hosting provider directly. Fun fact: If you're law enforcement, CinePro can help you track where the media is hosted, since it gives you the direct links to the media... (pls don't come and get our asses😔😝)
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## Related topics

- [Changelog](/core/versions.md)