License¶

PySPIM is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPL-3.0).

License Text¶

                    GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                       Version 3, 29 June 2007

 Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <https://fsf.org/>
 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
 of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.

                            Preamble

  The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for
software and other kinds of works.

  The licenses for most software and other practical works are designed
to take away your freedom to share and change the works.  By contrast,
the GNU General Public License is intended to guarantee your freedom to
share and change all versions of a program--to make sure it remains free
software for all its users.  We, the Free Software Foundation, use the
GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies also to
any other work released this way by its authors.  You can apply it to
your programs, too.

[... rest of GPL-3.0 license text ...]

What This Means¶

The GPL-3.0 license ensures that:

Freedom to Use: You can use PySPIM for any purpose
Freedom to Study: You can examine the source code
Freedom to Modify: You can modify the code for your needs
Freedom to Share: You can distribute copies of the software
Freedom to Share Changes: If you distribute modified versions, you must also share the source code

Commercial Use¶

PySPIM can be used in commercial applications, but any modifications or derivative works must also be released under the GPL-3.0 license.

Attribution¶

When using PySPIM in your work, please cite:

@software{pyspim2024,
  title={PySPIM: Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy Analysis},
  author={PySPIM Team},
  year={2024},
  url={https://github.com/matt-black/pyspim},
  license={GPL-3.0}
}

Questions¶

If you have questions about licensing, please contact the PySPIM team through the GitHub repository.