License update (#539)

* License information + folder cleanup

* Updated license information

* Fixed spelling

* Spelling fix

* License information adjustments

LICENSE.md

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-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2021 QuestPDF
-
-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.

License/CommunityLicense.md

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+# QuestPDF Community MIT License
+
+
+## License Permissions
+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:
+
+
+## Copyright
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+
+## Limitation Of Liability
+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.

License/ProfessionalAndEnterpriseUseLicense.md

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+# QuestPDF Professional And Enterprise Use License
+
+
+## Do No Harm
+By downloading or using the Software, the Licensee agrees not to utilize the software in a manner which is disparaging to QuestPDF, and not to rent, lease or otherwise transfer rights to the Software.
+
+
+## License Permissions
+Grants the use of the Software by a specified number of developers to create and deploy closed-source software for unlimited end user organizations ("The Organization") in multiple locations. This license covers unlimited applications or projects. The Software may be deployed upon any number of machines for the end-use of The Organization. This license also intrinsically covers for development, staging and production servers for each project.
+
+Grants the use of the Software by a specified number of developers to create and deploy closed-source software for unlimited end user organizations ("The Organization") in multiple locations. This license covers unlimited applications or projects. The Software may be deployed upon any number of machines for the end-use of The Organization. This license also intrinsically covers for development, staging and production servers for each project.
+
+
+## License Fees
+A. If you wish to use the Software in a production environment, you may download and use the Software for one year upon payment of the appropriate license fee as indicated on the pricing page in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
+
+B. If you wish to use the Software in a non-production environment, you may download and access the source and/or binaries at no charge solely for testing and evaluation purposes and in accordance with all license limitations and restrictions set forth in this Agreement.
+
+
+## Ownership
+QuestPDF shall at all times retain ownership of the QuestPDF Software library and all subsequent copies.
+
+
+## Copyright
+Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the Software shall remain with QuestPDF. The Software is protected by the international copyright laws. Title, ownership rights, and intellectual property rights in and to the content accessed through the Software is the property of the applicable content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other law. This License gives you no rights to such content.
+
+
+## Limitation Of Liability
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS," WITHOUT A WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. QUESTPDF AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE OR ITS DERIVATIVES. IN NO EVENT WILL QUESTPDF OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE SOFTWARE, EVEN IF QUESTPDF HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

License/Readme.md

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+# What License Do You Need?
+
+## General License Overview
+
+Open-source projects are an important foundation for the software development ecosystem. Modern applications are depending more and more upon the work of enthusiast and experts. Open-source is not anymore just sharing knowledge and passion with everybody. Over last years, maintaining and developing those projects have became a highly responsible task.
+
+We identify the importance of the QuestPDF library in your projects, and therefore want to make sure you can safely and confidently continue the development. We strongly believe that a dual-licensing model is the best solution for all users: providing the best development experience and feature set for everybody and every project, but also offering stability for every professional and enterprise product.
+
+Being a healthy and growing community is our primary goal that motivates us to pursue professionalism.
+
+[Read more about exact terms](https://www.questpdf.com/pricing.html)
+
+
+## QuestPDF Professional Or Enterprise Use License
+
+If you are consuming the QuestPDF library as a Direct Package Dependency for usage in a Closed Source software in the capacity of a for-profit company/individual with more than 1M USD annual gross revenue, you must purchase the `QuestPDF Professional or Enterprise` License, depending on number of software developers. [Read more](https://www.questpdf.com/license-commercial.html)
+
+
+## QuestPDF Community MIT License
+
+We love and highly appreciate the .NET Community and therefore the vast majority of users are welcome to use the library completely for free. If you do not meet the criteria described above, you are eligible to use the `QuestPDF Community MIT` License, without any limitations, even for commercial usage. [Read more](https://www.questpdf.com/license-community.html)
+
+If you still want to support library development, please consider purchasing the Professional License.

README.md

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 [![GitHub Repo stars](https://img.shields.io/github/stars/QuestPDF/QuestPDF?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF/stargazers)
 [![Nuget version](https://img.shields.io/nuget/v/QuestPdf?style=for-the-badge)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)
 [![Nuget download](https://img.shields.io/nuget/dt/QuestPDF?style=for-the-badge)](https://www.nuget.org/packages/QuestPDF/)
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/QuestPDF/QuestPDF?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![QuestPDF License](https://img.shields.io/badge/LICENSE%20details-Community%20MIT%20and%20professional-green?style=for-the-badge)](https://www.questpdf.com/pricing.html#license)
 
 <br />
 
+
 ### QuestPDF is a modern open-source .NET library for PDF document generation. Offering comprehensive layout engine powered by concise and discoverable C# Fluent API.
 
 <img src="https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF-Documentation/blob/main/docs/public/previewer/animation.gif?raw=true" width="100%">
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+ 
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     <td>👨‍💻</td>
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+
 ## Please help by giving a star
 
 Choosing a project dependency could be difficult. We need to ensure stability and maintainability of our projects. Surveys show that GitHub stars count play an important factor when assessing library quality. 
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 <img src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/9263853/232912983-b20e441e-bd47-41df-afa4-f02481252d26.png" width="800" />
 
+
 ## Please share with the community
 
 As an open-source project without funding, I cannot afford advertising QuestPDF in a typical way. Instead, the library relies on community interactions. Please consider sharing a post about QuestPDF and the value it provides. It really does help!
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+
 ## Let's get started
 
 Begin exploring the QuestPDF library today. You are 250 lines of C# code away from creating a fully functional PDF invoice implementation.
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+
+## Library License
+
+If you are consuming the QuestPDF library as a Direct Package Dependency for usage in a Closed Source software in the capacity of a for-profit company/individual with more than 1M USD annual gross revenue, you must purchase the `QuestPDF Professional or Enterprise` License, depending on number of software developers.
+
+We love and highly appreciate the .NET Community and therefore the vast majority of users are welcome to use the library completely for free. If you do not meet the criteria described above, you are eligible to use the `QuestPDF Community MIT` License, without any limitations, even for commercial usage.
+
+If you still want to support library development, please consider purchasing the Professional License.
+
+[![Library license details](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%93%9C%0A%20read-license%20details-blue?style=for-the-badge)](https://www.questpdf.com/pricing.html#license)
+[![Library pricing details](https://img.shields.io/badge/%F0%9F%92%8E%20read-pricing%20details-green?style=for-the-badge)](https://www.questpdf.com/pricing.html#tiers)
+
+<br />
+
+
 ## QuestPDF on JetBrains OSS Power-Ups
 
 QuestPDF was presented on one of the episodes of OSS Power-Ups hosted by JetBrains. Huge thanks for Matthias Koch and entire JetBrains team for giving me a chance to show QuestPDF. You are the best!
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     <img src="https://github.com/QuestPDF/QuestPDF-Documentation/blob/main/docs/public/jetbrains-oss-powerups-youtube.png?raw=true" width="600px">
 </a>
 
-
 [![YouTube video about QuestPDF]( https://img.shields.io/badge/watch%20on-YouTube-red?logo=youtube&style=for-the-badge)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iYvZvpLX0g)