POSNIC POS INDEPENDENT REVIEW BRIEF Document version: 1.1 Reviewed: 2026-08-21 Product evidence boundary: Posnic POS v1.3.0 at source commit b531ef4308c4dc3a25f250551a54fc5616e3b8d9 PURPOSE This brief helps an unaffiliated editor decide whether Posnic fits a review and locate the exact evidence needed to test it. It is publisher-supplied material, not an endorsement, customer result, security audit or hands-on review. Review access does not require payment, positive coverage, a backlink or advance approval. Reviewers should publish failures and conflicts beside successful results. Corrections can be sent to info@posnic.com; Posnic does not approve an independent conclusion. NEUTRAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Posnic POS is desktop point-of-sale software with its own public source licensed AGPL-3.0-only and published packages for Windows x64, macOS Apple Silicon and Intel, and Linux x86_64 or amd64. The packages also bundle MongoDB Community Server under its separate SSPL-1.0 license. The free local edition has no timed trial, Posnic account requirement or Posnic analytics or telemetry. Optional Posnic Cloud is a separate paid service. FIT AND CATEGORY BOUNDARY - The stable release manifest describes v1.3.0 as beta. - The v1.3.0 build pins MongoDB Community Server 7.0.14 under SSPL-1.0. MongoDB states that SSPL is not OSI-approved. Do not describe the complete binary bundle as exclusively AGPL or wholly OSI-approved. - Posnic is POS software, not a merchant acquirer or integrated card terminal. - The pinned hardware matrix documents no integrated PIN-pad or card-terminal control. A business uses a separate terminal and records the payment in Posnic. - Cash, UPI and Card were stored payment-mode labels in the publisher's reproduced counter test. No authorization, capture or settlement was tested. - No named retail hardware model has a published physical-device result for v1.3.0. - No country-specific tax compliance, payment acceptance, customer production outcome or complete production cutover is established by the supplied evidence. EXACT REVIEW BUILD - Release: v1.3.0, published 2026-08-14 - Release page: https://github.com/Posnic/POS/releases/tag/v1.3.0 - Pinned source: https://github.com/Posnic/POS/tree/b531ef4308c4dc3a25f250551a54fc5616e3b8d9 - Machine-readable product identity: https://github.com/Posnic/POS/blob/main/codemeta.json - Posnic source license: AGPL-3.0-only - Bundled MongoDB Community Server license: SSPL-1.0 - Checksums: https://github.com/Posnic/POS/releases/download/v1.3.0/SHA256SUMS.txt - Complete package names, byte sizes, hashes and signing states: https://posnic.com/assets/posnic-product-facts.json Linux review candidates: - Posnic-1.3.0-linux-x86_64.AppImage, 224975970 bytes, unsigned - posnic_1.3.0_amd64.deb, 179172868 bytes, unsigned Windows v1.3.0 packages are also unsigned. macOS v1.3.0 packages are signed but not notarized. Record every operating-system warning and whether installation completes; do not describe any package as warning-free without observing it. One publisher-run static inspection matched the official amd64 DEB hash, found the bundled mongod path, and extracted the AGPL application license and SSPL third-party notice. It did not execute the package or inspect every platform artifact. Review the method and limitations at: https://posnic.com/assets/posnic-package-license-evidence.json WHAT TO TEST Use the blank 24-control protocol at: https://posnic.com/assets/posnic-independent-review-protocol.csv It covers artifact integrity, clean installation, first launch, external-network loss with loopback retained, business setup, roles, catalogue, stock receiving, sales, returns, exception controls, report reconciliation, register close, backup, clean restore, physical hardware and publication disclosure. For each result, record the exact package hash, operating system, hardware, locale, currency, network condition, elapsed time, warnings, screenshots or logs, failures and untested areas. Capture original reviewer evidence rather than treating Posnic screenshots or tests as independent observations. EDITORIAL CRITERIA MAP Features and workflows: https://posnic.com/features https://posnic.com/product-tour Setup and package warnings: https://posnic.com/download https://posnic.com/setup-help Price, fees and contract boundary: https://posnic.com/pricing The local Community Edition software price is zero and it has no trial timer. Hardware, payment-provider charges, connectivity, migration, training and managed rollout are separate. Paid cloud prices load from the live plan service; current terms and refund rules should be checked at review time. Support boundary: https://posnic.com/support The published policy lists phone or WhatsApp for a shop that cannot trade and routine help Monday to Saturday, 10:00 to 19:00 IST. The public page offers no uptime percentage, guaranteed first-response time or repair time. An editor evaluating support should contact it independently and publish the date, route and observed result. Hardware and payment boundary: https://posnic.com/pos-hardware-compatibility Runtime and recovery evidence supplied by Posnic: https://posnic.com/open-source-pos-benchmark https://posnic.com/assets/posnic-inventory-lifecycle-evidence.json https://posnic.com/assets/posnic-counter-session-evidence.json These are publisher-run synthetic results. They did not drive a complete packaged-interface trading day, physical hardware, real cash, a payment network or customer production data. Privacy, source and governance: https://posnic.com/posnic-facts https://posnic.com/developers https://github.com/Posnic/POS/blob/b531ef4308c4dc3a25f250551a54fc5616e3b8d9/PRIVACY.md https://github.com/Posnic/POS/blob/b531ef4308c4dc3a25f250551a54fc5616e3b8d9/GOVERNANCE.md KNOWN LIMITATIONS TO INCLUDE IN ANY REVIEW - Beta maturity and the package signing or notarization states above. - Posnic's source and the bundled MongoDB binary have different licenses; the complete package is not exclusively AGPL or wholly OSI-approved. - No independent security audit has been commissioned. - No unaffiliated hands-on review or customer production result is currently recorded in the public evidence index. - Publisher runtime evidence is synthetic and release-specific. - No physical printer, scanner, cash drawer, scale, customer display or payment terminal was connected in the recorded evidence runs. - Windows received the reproduced packaged-runtime coverage; macOS and Linux require their own hands-on package and hardware tests. - A matching checksum establishes artifact identity, not code safety or business suitability. PUBLICATION STANDARD State what was supplied by Posnic, what the reviewer personally observed, what failed, what remained untested and whether any commercial relationship existed. Publish the exact version, artifact hash, environment, method and correction route. Do not convert a source test, screenshot, blank protocol or publisher statement into an independent result. Evidence and correction policy: https://posnic.com/editorial-policy Trust and reviewer hub: https://posnic.com/trust#independent-review Research catalog citation metadata: https://posnic.com/assets/pos-research/CITATION.cff Contact for factual questions: info@posnic.com