Licensing
MyXaml Open Source License
MyXaml software, version 0.93 and above, is 100% GPL (General Public License). If your software is also 100% GPL compliant, then you have no obligation to pay for the licenses. For further information on the GNU GPL, click here.
Please note the following restrictions. If these do not suit your needs, you should consider a commercial license.
- MyXaml is free use for those who are 100% GPL. If your application is licensed under GPL, you are free to ship any GPL software of MyXaml with your application.
- Under the Open Source License, you must release the complete source code for the application that is built on MyXaml, excluding the source code for operating system components that are usually installed on the computer on which the application will be installed.
- As long as you do not distribute your application, you are free to use MyXaml regardless of whether your application is GPL or not. Basically, the rule is, you can't distribute it unless 1) it's open source, or 2) you obtain a commercial license from MyXaml.
- You are allowed to modify MyXaml source code any way you like as long as the distributed derivative work is licensed under the GPL as well.
- You are allowed to copy MyXaml binaries and source code, but when you do so, the copies will fall under the GPL license.
The Commercial License is an agreement with MyXaml for individuals and organizations that do not want to release their application source code. Commercially licensed customers get a commercially supported product with assurances from MyXaml. Commercially licensed users are also free from the requirement of making their own application open source.
Typical examples of MyXaml distribution include:
- Selling software that includes MyXaml to customers who install the software on their own machines--examples include, but are not limited to: designers, GUI/code generators, and/or Visual Studio components).
- Selling software that requires customers to install MyXaml themselves on their own machines.
- Building a hardware system that includes MyXaml and selling that hardware system to customers for installation at their own locations.
- Distributing MyXaml within your organization.
MyXaml offers two forms of commercial license:
- Binary License
- Non-exclusive Source Code Ownership License
Binary License
The binary license offers commercial users the ability to link with the MyXaml.dll assembly. The source code can be used for debugging only. Modifying the source and linking to the modification is not permitted, unless the modification makes it into the open source version. The binary license applies to the current version of MyXaml at the date of purchase. Newer versions must be re-licensed. Any binary license purchases of a beta copy will automatically receive a license for version 1.0. Please contact Marc Clifton for binary license, upgrade, and annual subscription pricing.
Non-Exclusive Source Code Ownership License
The source code ownership license is non-exclusive, and allows you to modify, compile, and distribute the source code directly in your own application. With this license, you are entitled to use all current and future versions of MyXaml without additional costs. Please contact Marc Clifton for source code ownership license pricing.
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