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Add "or later" to the GNU General Public License clause for VCV Rack's source code.

tags/v2.0.0
Andrew Belt 4 years ago
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"slug": "Core", "slug": "Core",
"name": "Core", "name": "Core",
"version": "2.0.0", "version": "2.0.0",
"license": "GPL-3.0-only",
"license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
"author": "VCV", "author": "VCV",
"brand": "VCV", "brand": "VCV",
"authorEmail": "contact@vcvrack.com", "authorEmail": "contact@vcvrack.com",


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# VCV Rack Licenses # VCV Rack Licenses


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.
VCV Rack **source code** is copyright © 2016-2020 Andrew Belt.

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.

In addition, you are granted the "VCV Rack Non-Commercial Plugin License Exception", allowed under section 7 of GPLv3, and a commercial licensing option.


>#### VCV Rack Non-Commercial Plugin License Exception >#### VCV Rack Non-Commercial Plugin License Exception
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>Derived works of this software may keep or omit this Exception. >Derived works of this software may keep or omit this Exception.


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.
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.


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).
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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