License
Starting with version 1.1 Jsonix is licensed under the BSD-style license.
Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Aleksei Valikov
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 the name of Alexey Valikov nor the name of Highsource nor the names of its 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 ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
Footnotes
A word from the author on licensing
I am a developer, not a lawyer. My goal is to deliver working solutions and not to cause legal troubles to anyone. If for some reason your legal department is not allright with Jsonix license and it prohibits you to use Jsonix, contact me, we'll find a solution.
GPL compatibility
Jsonix license is the 3-clause BSD license which is compatible with GPL.
Advertising clause
Jsonix license does not require you to include any acknowledgments for Jsonix in advertising materials for your software.
Nevertheless I would be grateful (and I thinks it's fair after all) if you include the following mentioning as a token of gratitude:
This product was built using Jsonix software developed by Aleksei Valikov, Highsource.
Jsonix 1.0 License
Jsonix 1.0 was licensed under the GPLv3.
Jsonix is a JavaScript library which allows you to convert between XML
and JavaScript object structures.
Copyright (C) 2010 Aleksei Valikov, Highsource.org.
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/].