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Fix typos and make minor edits
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promatik authored Apr 14, 2024
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### Do I need a license to test Backpack?

You don't need a license code AT ALL. Go head and install Backpack CRUD on your machine - it's free and open-source, released under the MIT License.
You don't need a license code AT ALL. Go ahead and install Backpack CRUD on your machine - it's free and open-source, released under the MIT License.

You only need to pay if you want the extra features provided by our premium add-ons (e.g. [Backpack PRO](https://backpackforlaravel.com/pricing) and [Backpack DevTools](https://backpackforlaravel.com/products/devtools)). That's it.

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In short - no, you cannot. Please use [Backpack CRUD v6](https://github.com/laravel-backpack/crud) instead, which is free and open-source, released under the MIT License.

Backpack PRO is a closed-source add-on, which requires payment in order to receive an access token. If you did include `backpack/pro` as a dependency in your open-source software, then your software would no longer be open-source. Everybody who installed your project/package would need to pay for Backpack PRO, to get access to it.
Backpack PRO is a closed-source add-on, which requires payment in order to receive an access token. If you did include `backpack/pro` as a dependency in your open-source software, then your software would no longer be open-source. Everybody who installed your project/package would need to pay for Backpack PRO to get access to it.


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### Can I get Backpack PRO for free, to use in a non-commercial project?
### Can I get Backpack PRO for free to use in a non-commercial project?

No - we're no longer giving away free licenses. But we _have_ released Backpack CRUD v5 and v6 under MIT License, which means it's free and open-source. It has fewer features, but you can do absolutely anything you want with it.
No - we're no longer giving away free licenses. But we _have_ released Backpack CRUD v5 and v6 under the MIT License, which means it's free and open-source. It has fewer features, but you can do absolutely anything you want with it.

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## Installation
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- if successful, you're good;
- if the `dist` version fails to download, Composer will throw an error (with an HTTP code like 402); then Composer will try to download the `source` version of the package straight from our Github repo; that will 100% fail, because you do NOT have access to our private Github repo; to rephrase, you don't have access to the `source`, only to the `dist` version;

Unfortunately we cannot customize the errors that Composer throws, so the error text might be confusing. Please take a look at the HTTP error code shown in the error to understand what happened:
Unfortunately, we cannot customize the errors that Composer throws, so the error text might be confusing. Please take a look at the HTTP error code shown in the error to understand what happened:
- 400 Error - Bad Request - user and password do not match; please check your auth credentials;
- 401 Error - Unauthorized - no token username or password; please check your auth credentials;
- 402 Error - Payment Required - you are trying to download a version newer than you have access to; our system will send you an email with clear instructions on what to do to require the latest version you have access to; you can also check the latest version you have access to in your Backpack account, and require that version specifically; alternatively, please purchase the same product again, to gain access to more updates, then it will work again;
- 402 Error - Payment Required - you are trying to download a version newer than you have access to; our system will send you an email with clear instructions on what to do to require the latest version you have access to; you can also check the latest version you have access to in your Backpack account, and require that version specifically; alternatively, please purchase the same product again to gain access to more updates, then it will work again;
- 404 Error - Not Found - the package that you are trying to download does not exist;
- 429 Error - Too Many Requests - our server has received too many requests from your IP; please wait one minute and try again;
- 429 Error - Too Many Requests - our server has received too many requests from your IP address; please wait one minute and try again;

If you still can't figure it out, please [open a new discussion in our Community Forum](https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/community-forum/discussions/categories/q-a-help). Please make sure to:
- mention the steps you have followed to get there (e.g. `composer require backpack/pro`, `php artisan backpack:require:pro` etc.);
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