[vtkusers] Can use VTK for commercial app ?

[David E DeMarle]

Yes, it has a BSD license, which does allow you to use VTK in closed
source commercial applications quite easily.

And I agree with Gib, you do need to read and follow its terms.

kargad:~ demarle$ less ./VTK/Copyright.txt
/*=========================================================================

  Program:   Visualization Toolkit
  Module:    Copyright.txt

Copyright (c) 1993-2008 Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, Bill Lorensen
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

 * Neither name of Ken Martin, Will Schroeder, or Bill Lorensen nor the names
   of any contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
   from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS''
AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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=========================================================================*/
David E DeMarle
Kitware, Inc.
R&D Engineer
21 Corporate Drive
Clifton Park, NY 12065-8662
Phone: 518-881-4909



On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 2:12 AM, Gib Bogle <g.bogle at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
> Read the license.
>
>
> On 20/12/2011 6:37 p.m., Thiha Oo wrote:
>
> Hi,
>   I want to know one thing clearly.
>   Can i use VTK for any close source commercial application? Is it
> impossible of is there any constraints to use VTK in commercial application?
>
> Thanks,
> Thiha
>
>
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