Using Webix in Open Source

We love open source and are willing to make this part of Webix community bigger and happier. Starting from Webix 2.4, in addition to the ability to use Webix in GPL projects, we add a FLOSS Exception to the existing GPL License. Thanks to this update, you can use Webix in your applications distributed under MIT, BSD and other open source licenses!

Webix loves open source

Thus, you can use Webix in open source projects that exists under a license that is a part of the FLOSS Exception List without taking into consideration the GPLv3 restrictions. The only requirement implies that your open source project should be intended for using by end-users but not for creating a library for software development purposes.

FLOSS License List

Want to know which FLOSS licenses can Webix be distributed under?

Here is the list of FLOSS licenses:

  • Apache Software License 1.0 / 1.1 / 2.0
  • MIT License (As listed in file MIT-License.txt) –
  • BSD license “July 22 1999”
  • GNU Library or “Lesser” General Public License (LGPL) 2.0/2.1/3.0
  • Apple Public Source License 2.0
  • Artistic license From Perl 5.8.0
  • Creative Commons Zero 1.0
  • European Union Public License (EUPL) 1.0
  • GNU Affero General Public License (AGPL) 3.0
  • Mozilla Public License (MPL) 1.1 / 2.0
  • nginx License http://nginx.org/LICENSE
  • WTFPL 2
  • X11 “2001”
  • Zlib/libpng License –

This exception works only for Open Source projects. If you want to distribute Webix as a part of your commercial product, you’ll need to purchase the Webix License instead.

If your open source license is not listed in the table above, you can contact us and we’ll consider adding it.

This FLOSS exception is applied to the Webix GPL versions starting with the library update 2.4.