ImageMagick License

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ImageMagick License

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ImageMagick

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Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] Licensed under the ImageMagick License (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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Before we get to the text of the license, lets just review what the license says in simple terms:

It allows you to:

  • * freely download and use ImageMagick software, in whole or in part, for personal, company internal, or commercial purposes;
  • * use ImageMagick software in packages or distributions that you create;
  • * link against a library under a different license;
  • * link code under a different license against a library under this license;
  • * merge code into a work under a different license;
  • * extend patent grants to any code using code under this license;
  • * and extend patent protection.

It forbids you to:

  • * redistribute any piece of ImageMagick-originated software without proper attribution;
  • * use any marks owned by ImageMagick Studio LLC in any way that might state or imply that ImageMagick Studio LLC endorses your distribution;
  • * use any marks owned by ImageMagick Studio LLC in any way that might state or imply that you created the ImageMagick software in question.

It requires you to:

  • * include a copy of the license in any redistribution you may make that includes ImageMagick software;
  • * provide clear attribution to ImageMagick Studio LLC for any distributions that include ImageMagick software.

It does not require you to:

  • * include the source of the ImageMagick software itself, or of any modifications you may have made to it, in any redistribution you may assemble that includes it;
  • * submit changes that you make to the software back to the ImageMagick Studio LLC (though such feedback is encouraged).

A few other clarifications include:

  • * ImageMagick is freely available without charge;
  • * you may include ImageMagick on a DVD as long as you comply with the terms of the license;
  • * you can give modified code away for free or sell it under the terms of the ImageMagick license or distribute the result under a different license, but you need to acknowledge the use of the ImageMagick software;
  • * the license is compatible with the GPL V3.
  • * when exporting the ImageMagick software, review its export classification.

Terms and Conditions for Use, Reproduction, and Distribution

The legally binding and authoritative terms and conditions for use, reproduction, and distribution of ImageMagick follow:

Copyright 1999-2013 ImageMagick Studio LLC, a non-profit organization dedicated to making software imaging solutions freely available.

How to Apply the License to your Work

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Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]

Licensed under the ImageMagick License (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/license.php

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

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