License

InstrMCP is released under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Jiaqi Cai

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

What This Means

The MIT License is a permissive license that is short and to the point. It lets people do almost anything they want with your project, like making and distributing closed source versions.

You can:

  • Use the software commercially

  • Modify the software

  • Distribute the software

  • Sublicense the software

  • Use the software privately

You must:

  • Include the license and copyright notice in any copy of the software

You cannot:

  • Hold the author liable for damages

Dependencies

InstrMCP depends on several open-source projects, each with their own licenses:

Core Dependencies

  • Python: PSF License

  • QCodes: MIT License

  • JupyterLab: BSD 3-Clause License

  • FastMCP: MIT License

  • MCP SDK: MIT License

Development Dependencies

  • pytest: MIT License

  • black: MIT License

  • mypy: MIT License

  • Sphinx: BSD License

All dependencies are compatible with the MIT License used by InstrMCP.

Contributing

By contributing to InstrMCP, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License.

See Contributing for more information on how to contribute.

Questions

If you have questions about the license, please open an issue on GitHub: https://github.com/caidish/instrMCP/issues