We've licensed Backdraft in a way to give you a great degree in flexibility in how you can use it.

The Freeway File

The Freeway file itself is licensed under the unlicense license. This basically means that you are free to modify and distribute your own version of Backdraft, even for commercial purposes. The only restriction is that you can't sue us.

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.
Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.
In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to this software under copyright law.
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 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.
For more information, please refer to <http://unlicense.org/>

The Documentation

The documentation is licensed under CC BY 3.0. Essentially, you are free to reuse the documentation however you wish, even for commercial purposes, but you must include an attribution to "The Backdraft Project" and a link to http://getbackdraft.com.

The Actions

Actions are copyright of their respective authors (most are by Tim Plumb, Walter Davis, or Softpress). If you redistribute a modified version of Backdraft, you will need to get permission from the action authors to use their actions in your product.