<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2791"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2852">Hi Matti,</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792"><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2793">Pd Vanilla has a 3-clause BSD license. This license allows you </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr"><span>to use the code in proprietary software and distribute binaries without </span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr"><span>also distributing the corresponding source code.</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr"><span>It also allows you to make </span>changes/improvements to the code without </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr">sharing them back with the community.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr">As for external libraries-- it depends on how they are licensed. Some are </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr">licensed GPL, which doesn't allow you to do what you're asking.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462637277171_2792" dir="ltr">-Jonathan</div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Saturday, May 7, 2016 11:48 AM, Matti Viljamaa <mviljamaa@kapsi.fi> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">I’ve been thinking about the feasibility of leveraging Pd as a development platform for commercial patches. Sort of like some (e.g. Twisted Tools) are using Reaktor for developing commercial-grade plug-ins.<br>But instead of Reaktor I could rather use Pd, because it’s a more open platform.<br><br>But if the development is for commercial purposes, there would need to be some sort of mechanism for closing the source. Is this possible or something worth looking at?<br><br>-Matti<br>_______________________________________________<br><a ymailto="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at" href="mailto:Pd-list@lists.iem.at">Pd-list@lists.iem.at</a> mailing list<br>UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> <a href="https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list" target="_blank">https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>