Commercial use of ImageJ and licencing.

[Michael P Ellis]

I have some licensing questions regarding ImageJ (both version1 and version 2) in respect of developing a commercial application.

What licences are in force for the use of ImageJ (both version 1 and 2)?


For the development of ImageJ plugins:
        1. Am I obliged to distribute source of my plugin?
        2. Am I permitted to charge for my plugins?

For the development of applications that use ImageJ as a library:
        3. Am I obliged to distribute source of the entire application?
        4. Am I permitted to charge for my own application?
        5. Can I bundle IJ.jar?

My intention is that we will have plugins and some applications that we can deliver complete with source as free to use applications, and also some commercial applications that we will need to charge for.


Many thanks -- Michael Ellis

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[Volker Baecker]

Hello,
ImageJ1 is in the public domain. ImageJ2 is distributed under a
simplified BSD license (see below).
So to answer your questions:

For the development of ImageJ plugins:

        1. Am I obliged to distribute source of my plugin?
        No.
        2. Am I permitted to charge for my plugins?
        Yes.

For the development of applications that use ImageJ as a library:
        3. Am I obliged to distribute source of the entire application?
        No. For ImageJ2, if you distribute in binary form see point 2. in the license. For ImageJ1 there are no legal requirements to mention it but I think it would be good display that it is used in your application somewhere.

        4. Am I permitted to charge for my own application?
        Yes.

        5. Can I bundle IJ.jar?
        Yes, the same conditions as in 3 apply.

All this is true for the base of ImageJ. Be careful if you use other libraries, plugins or macros that might have their own licenses.

Volker
 

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On 08/11/12 11:37, Michael Ellis wrote:

> I have some licensing questions regarding ImageJ (both version1 and version 2) in respect of developing a commercial application.
>
> What licences are in force for the use of ImageJ (both version 1 and 2)?
>
>
> For the development of ImageJ plugins:
> 1. Am I obliged to distribute source of my plugin?
> 2. Am I permitted to charge for my plugins?
>
> For the development of applications that use ImageJ as a library:
> 3. Am I obliged to distribute source of the entire application?
> 4. Am I permitted to charge for my own application?
> 5. Can I bundle IJ.jar?
>
> My intention is that we will have plugins and some applications that we can deliver complete with source as free to use applications, and also some commercial applications that we will need to charge for.
>
>
> Many thanks -- Michael Ellis
>
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