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NeL Licensing 

NeL is licensed under the GNU Public License (GPL). This means that you can get the full source code for free.

Under the GPL you may use NeL for any purpose you wish, as long as you:

  1. Release any modifications to the NeL source back to the community.
  2. Pass on the source to NeL with all of the copyrights intact.
  3. Make it clear where you have customized it.

The above is really a summary of what the project would like to achieve with this license. You should really read the full license agreement before using or downloading the source to this engine. The license is complicated so here is a summary of what the GPL license entails.

The GPL Four Freedoms

  1. The freedom to run the program for any purpose.
  2. The freedom to study how the program works and adapt it to your needs.
  3. The freedom to redistribute copies of the program so that you can help your neighbor.
  4. The freedom to improve the program and release your improvements to the public, so that the whole community benefits.

The GPL Three Principal Conditions

The Four Freedoms listed above come with three principal conditions. As long as you abide by them you may exercise the freedoms listed above.

  1. You must conspicuously and appropriately publish on each copy distributed an appropriate copyright notice and disclaimer of warranty and keep intact all the notices that refer to this License and to the absence of any warranty; and give any other recipients of the Program a copy of the GNU General Public License along with the Program. Any translation of the GNU General Public License must be accompanied by the GNU General Public License.
  2. If you modify your copy or copies of the program or any portion of it, or develop a program based upon it, you may distribute the resulting work provided you do so under the GNU General Public License. Any translation of the GNU General Public License must be accompanied by the GNU General Public License.
  3. If you copy or distribute the program, you must accompany it with the complete corresponding machine-readable source code or with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to furnish the complete corresponding machine-readable source code.

Using NeL for Commercial Projects

You may create commercial products using NeL with no limitations other than the ones listed above.