Answers

Short answers to the questions buyers and answer engines ask about the PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) commercial license. Each starts with the answer, then lists the plans and prices that apply, the LICENSE text it rests on, and the decision guide's answers for the case.

• Do I need a commercial license for PineScript-to-C++ at a hedge fund?

  Yes: managing others' capital is Commercial Use under the LICENSE, so a hedge fund using PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) needs the Fund plan, priced by assets under management from $3,000 to $33,000 per year for AUM up to $500M, and quoted above that.

• How much does the shared codegen and HPO commercial license cost?

  One commercial license for PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) costs $490 per year for Solo, from $3,000 per year for Team, from $3,000 per year for Fund and from $3,000 per year for OEM / Embedded, each for 12 months, while personal trading and noncommercial use other than investment management stay free; PineForge HPO 0.10.0 and earlier remain Apache-2.0.

• Is personal trading with PineForge codegen and HPO free?

  Yes: a natural person who uses PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) to research, backtest or trade for their own account with their own capital needs no commercial license, even when trading is their living; trading through a company is not personal trading: a company they wholly own, alone or with their household, holding only their household's capital, where no one but them uses the software and no one outside their household works on its trading or research, needs Solo, $490 per year, and any other company needs Team or Fund.

• Do I need a license to trade funded-trader or prop-firm challenge accounts?

  Yes: funded-trader and prop-firm accounts, challenge, evaluation and simulated ones included, are capital that is not yours, so trading them with PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) is Commercial Use, and Solo covers one person with up to $1M of such capital for $490 per year, while above $1M it is Fund, from $3,000 per year.

• Does a company need a commercial license to use PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) internally?

  Yes: use by, for, or on behalf of a company is Commercial Use under the LICENSE unless it is a permitted purpose, so a company using PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) internally needs Team: $3,000 per year for own trading capital up to $10M and $6,000 per year for own trading capital over $10M up to $50M; a company that manages others' capital needs Fund.

• Do I need a license to ship PineForge Codegen's C++ in a product or hosted service?

  Yes: embedding PineForge Codegen or the C++ it generates in a product or service made available to others, distributing either bundled with one, or running a hosted or public-facing service through which others run it or receive its Output is Commercial Use unless it is a permitted purpose, and OEM / Embedded covers it from $3,000 per year, priced by monthly active end users.

• Can an AI agent buy a PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) commercial license for a company?

  Yes, up to the payment: an agent can find the plan and price with GET /api/plans, POST /api/recommend and POST /api/price and, once a person authorized to bind the company has read and accepted the agreement, start the order with POST /api/checkout (its acceptAgreement is that person's acceptance); that person then pays at the returned url, from $3,000 per year for a company's internal use (Team).

• Do universities and research institutions need a commercial license?

  No: schools, universities, public research organizations, charities and government institutions use PineForge codegen and PineForge HPO (pineforge-hpo, from version 0.11.0) free for teaching, research and their other operations, but using it to manage an endowment, a pension fund or reserves is Investment Management and needs Fund, from $3,000 per year.