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# VCV Rack Licenses |
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All VCV Rack **source code** is copyright © 2016-2020 Andrew Belt and licensed under the [GNU General Public License v3.0](LICENSE-GPLv3.txt) with the "VCV Rack Non-Commercial Plugin License Exception", allowed under section 7 of GPLv3, and a commercial licensing option. |
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VCV Rack **source code** is copyright © 2016-2020 Andrew Belt. |
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the [GNU General Public License](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.en.html) as published by the [Free Software Foundation](https://www.fsf.org/), either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. |
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In addition, you are granted the "VCV Rack Non-Commercial Plugin License Exception", allowed under section 7 of GPLv3, and a commercial licensing option. |
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>#### VCV Rack Non-Commercial Plugin License Exception |
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>Derived works of this software may keep or omit this Exception. |
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This means that non-commercial plugins do not need to be licensed under the GPLv3 and can be released under any license of your choice (open-source or proprietary freeware). However, plugins that copy a significant portion of non-API source code from Rack must be licensed under GPLv3. |
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This means that non-commercial plugins do not need to be licensed under the GPLv3 and can be released under any license of your choice (e.g. open-source or proprietary freeware). However, plugins that copy a significant portion of non-API source code from Rack must be licensed under GPLv3. |
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If you wish to release a proprietary commercial plugin, email contact@vcvrack.com for commercial licensing. A commercial license is included for plugins sold in the [VCV Library](https://vcvrack.com/plugins.html). |
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If you wish to release a proprietary commercial plugin, email contact@vcvrack.com for commercial licensing. A commercial license is included for plugins sold on the [VCV Library](https://library.vcvrack.com/). |
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