# LICENSES

## CODE LICENSE / BINARY

While Cardinal itself is licensed under GPLv3+, some modules/plugins used by it are not.  
And since Cardinal builds the entire Rack and modules as a static library,
the more restrictive of the **code licenses** will apply to the final binary.  

Bellow follows a list of all code licenses used in Cardinal and linked submodules.

| Name                    | License(s)            | Additional notes |
|-------------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
| Carla                   | GPL-2.0-or-later      | Used as plugin host within Cardinal |
| DPF                     | ISC, GPL-2.0-or-later | Used as the plugin framework, VST2 binary GPLv2+ licensed |
| Rack                    | GPL-3.0-or-later      | The actual Rack code, internal dependencies are compatible with GPLv3+ |
| 21kHz                   | MIT                   | |
| Amalgamated Harmonics   | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| Animated Circuits       | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Aria Salvatrice         | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Autinn                  | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Bacon Music             | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Bogaudio                | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| cf                      | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| ChowDSP                 | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| DrumKit                 | CC0-1.0               | |
| E-Series                | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| ExpertSleepers Encoders | MIT                   | |
| Extratone               | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Fehler Fabrik           | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Glue the Giant          | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Grande                  | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| HetrickCV               | CC0-1.0               | |
| Impromptu               | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| JW-Modules              | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| LifeFormModular         | MIT                   | |
| Little Utils            | EUPL-1.2              | |
| Lomas Modules           | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Lyrae Modules           | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| MindMeld                | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Mog                     | CC0-1.0               | |
| mscHack                 | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| Prism                   | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| Rackwindows             | MIT                   | |
| repelzen                | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Sonus Modular           | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Valley                  | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| ZetaCarinae             | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |

Bellow follows a list of code licenses from potentially coming modules.

| Name                    | License(s)            | Pending reason |
|-------------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
| AS                      | MIT                   | Artwork license issues, does not allow use outside VCVRack |
| Atelier                 | GPL-3.0-or-later      | Custom artwork license, needs permission request |
| Audible Instruments     | GPL-3.0-or-later      | Custom artwork license, needs permission request, also for dark mode |
| Befaco                  | GPL-3.0-or-later      | Custom artwork license, needs permission request |
| Bidoo                   | GPL-3.0-or-later      | CC-ND, needs permission for dark mode |
| Fundamental             | GPL-3.0-or-later      | CC-ND, needs permission for dark mode |
| ihtsyn                  | GPL-3.0-or-later      | Project deleted by author |
| ZZC                     | GPL-3.0-or-later      | Artwork license terms unclear |

## ARTWORK / PANEL LICENSES

Bellow follows a list of all licenses related to **artwork and module panels**, sorted by file name.  
Licenses were retrieved from the official project's LICENSE, README or related files.  
When * is used, it is meant as wildcard of all files, with potential exceptions mentioned afterwards.  
When a license is uncertain, ??? is used.

Note: The "final" version of Cardinal MUST NOT be released with unclear licenses!  
So all uncertainties need to be resolved ASAP.

### Plugins

Below is a list of artwork licenses from plugins

| Name                                    | License(s)       | Additional notes |
|-----------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| 21kHz                                   | MIT              | No artwork specific license provided |
| AmalgamatedHarmonics/*                  | BSD-3-Clause     | No artwork specific license provided |
| AmalgamatedHarmonics/DSEG*.ttf          | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| AmalgamatedHarmonics/Roboto*.ttf        | Apache-2.0       | |
| AnimatedCircuits/*                      | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0  | |
| AriaModules/*                           | CC-BY-SA-4.0     | |
| AriaModules/Arcane/*                    | CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0  | Unused in Cardinal |
| AriaModules/components/*                | WTFPL            | |
| AriaModules/dseg/*                      | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| AriaModules/lcd/Fixed_v01/*             | Custom           | See [LICENSE.txt](../plugins/AriaModules/res/lcd/Fixed_v01/LICENSE.txt) |
| AriaModules/lcd/piano/*                 | WTFPL            | |
| AriaModules/signature/*                 | Custom           | Removal required if modifying other files without author's permission |
| Autinn/*                                | GPL-3.0-or-later | No artwork specific license provided |
| BaconPlugs/*                            | GPL-3.0-or-later | No artwork specific license provided |
| BaconPlugs/midi/*                       | CC-BY-SA-3.0-DE  | |
| BaconPlugs/midi/beeth/*                 | ???              | Taken from http://www.jsbach.net/ |
| BaconPlugs/1f953.svg                    | CC-BY-4.0        | |
| BaconPlugs/Keypunch029.json             | OFL-1.1          | |
| BogaudioModules/*                       | CC-BY-SA-4.0     | |
| BogaudioModules/fonts/audiowide.ttf     | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| BogaudioModules/fonts/inconsolata*.ttf  | OFL-1.1-no-RFN   | |
| Cardinal/*                              | CC0-1.0          | |
| Cardinal/Miku/Miku.png                  | CC-BY-NC-3.0     | https://piapro.net/intl/en_for_creators.html |
| cf/*                                    | BSD-3-Clause     | No artwork specific license provided |
| cf/DejaVuSansMono.ttf                   | Bitstream-Vera   | |
| cf/Segment7Standard.ttf                 | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| cf/VT323-Regular.ttf                    | OFL-1.1-no-RFN   | |
| ChowDSP/*                               | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ChowDSP/fonts/RobotoCondensed-*.ttf     | Apache-2.0       | |
| DrumKit/*                               | CC0-1.0          | |
| DrumKit/component/NovaMono.ttf          | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| E-Series/*                              | Custom           | Copyright © Synthesis Technology, [used and distributed with permission](LICENSE-PERMISSIONS.md#eseries-paul-schreiber--synthtech) |
| ExpertSleepers-Encoders/*               | MIT              | |
| Extratone/*                             | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| FehlerFabrik/*                          | GPL-3.0-or-later | No artwork specific license provided, see [FehlerFabrik#17](https://github.com/RCameron93/FehlerFabrik/issues/17) |
| Fundamental/*                           | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0  | |
| GlueTheGiant/*                          | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| GlueTheGiant/fonts/DSEG7-*              | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| GrandeModular/*                         | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0  | |
| HetrickCV/*                             | CC0-1.0          | No artwork specific license provided |
| ImpromptuModular/*                      | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0  | |
| ImpromptuModular/res/comp/complib/*     | CC-BY-NC-4.0     | |
| JW-Modules/*                            | BSD-3-Clause     | No artwork specific license provided |
| JW-Modules/DejaVuSansMono.ttf           | Bitstream-Vera   | Unused in Cardinal |
| LifeFormModular/*                       | MIT              | No artwork specific license provided |
| LittleUtils/*                           | EUPL-1.2         | |
| LittleUtils/fonts/CooperHewitt-*.ttf    | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| LittleUtils/fonts/Overpass-*.ttf        | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| LittleUtils/fonts/RobotoMono-*.ttf      | Apache-2.0       | |
| LomasModules/*                          | GPL-3.0-or-later | No artwork specific license provided, see [LomasModules#26](https://github.com/LomasModules/LomasModules/issues/26) |
| LomasModules/Fonts/FiraMono-Bold.ttf    | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| LyraeModules/*                          | CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0  | |
| MindMeld/*                              | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0  | |
| MindMeld/fonts/RobotoCondensed-*.ttf    | Apache-2.0       | |
| Mog/*                                   | CC0-1.0          | No artwork specific license provided |
| Mog/components/*                        | CC-BY-NC-4.0     | |
| Mog/Exo2-BoldItalic.ttf                 | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| mscHack/*                               | BSD-3-Clause     | No artwork specific license provided, see [mschack#108](https://github.com/mschack/VCV-Rack-Plugins/issues/108) |
| Prism/*                                 | CC-BY-SA-4.0     | |
| Prism/RobotoCondensed-Regular.ttf       | Apache-2.0       | |
| Rackwindows/*                           | MIT              | |
| repelzen/*                              | CC-BY-SA-4.0     | |
| sonusmodular/*                          | GPL-3.0-or-later | No artwork specific license provided, see [sonusmodular#14](https://gitlab.com/sonusdept/sonusmodular/-/issues/14) |
| ValleyAudio/*                           | GPL-3.0-or-later | |
| ValleyAudio/din1451alt.ttf              | CC-BY-3.0-DE     | |
| ValleyAudio/DSEG14Classic-*.ttf         | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| ValleyAudio/ShareTechMono-*.ttf         | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| ZetaCarinaeModules/*                    | GPL-3.0-or-later | |

Bellow follows a list of artwork licenses from potentially coming plugins.

| Name                                    | License(s)       | Additional notes |
|-----------------------------------------|------------------|------------------|
| AS/*                                    | Custom           | Copyright 2017, derivative works may not use the AS logo or panel graphics including custom component graphics (knobs, switches, screws, caps, etc.). Redistribution rights requested at [AS#60](https://github.com/AScustomWorks/AS/issues/60) |
| AS/saxmono.ttf                          | Custom           | You may download this font, circulate it und use it freely. You may not alter, rename, change copyrights or modify this font in any way. |
| AS/Segment7Standard.ttf                 | OFL-1.1-RFN      | |
| Atelier/*                               | Custom           | Copyright © Pyer 2020, used and distributed with permission (TODO ask for it) |
| AudibleInstruments/*                    | Custom           | Copyright © Emilie Gillet, used and distributed with permission (TODO ask for it) |
| Befaco/components/*                     | CC-BY-NC-4.0     | |
| Befaco/panels/*                         | Custom           | Copyright © [Befaco](https://www.befaco.org/), used and distributed with permission (TODO ask for it) |
| Bidoo/*                                 | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0  | |
| ihtsyn/*                                | GPL-3.0-or-later | No artwork specific license provided, author has deleted this repo |
| ihtsyn/LEDCalculator.ttf                | Custom           | Free for personal use |
| ZZC/*                                   | ??? | See [ZZC#89](https://github.com/zezic/ZZC/issues/89) and [ZZC#90](https://github.com/zezic/ZZC/issues/90) |

### Rack

Below is a list of artwork licenses from Rack (note most of these will be unused soon)

| Name                            | License(s)       |
|---------------------------------|------------------|
| ComponentLibrary/*              | CC-BY-NC-4.0     |
| Core/*                          | CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0  |
| fonts/DejaVuSans.ttf            | Bitstream-Vera   |
| fonts/DSEG*.ttf                 | OFL-1.1-RFN      |
| fonts/Nunito-Bold.ttf           | OFL-1.1-RFN      |
| fonts/ShareTechMono-Regular.ttf | OFL-1.1-RFN      |