# LICENSES

## CODE LICENSE / BINARY

While Cardinal itself is licensed under GPLv3+, some modules/plugins used by it are not.  
And since Cardinal builds the entire Rack and modules as a static library,
the more restrictive of the **code licenses** will apply to the final binary.  

Bellow follows a list of all code licenses used in Cardinal and linked submodules.

| Name                  | License(s)            | Additional notes |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
| Carla                 | GPL-2.0-or-later      | Used as plugin host within Cardinal|
| DPF                   | ISC, GPL-2.0-or-later | Used as the plugin framework, VST2 binary GPLv2+ licensed |
| Rack                  | GPL-3.0-or-later      | The actual Rack code, internal dependencies are compatible with GPLv3+ |
| AS                    | MIT                   | |
| Amalgamated Harmonics | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| Animated Circuits     | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| Aria Salvatrice       | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Atelier               | GPL-3.0-only          | GPLv3+ change request https://github.com/Xenakios/Atelier/issues/18 |
| Audible Instruments   | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Befaco                | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Bidoo                 | GPL-3.0-only          | GPLv3+ change request https://github.com/sebastien-bouffier/Bidoo/issues/186 |
| Bogaudio              | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Cardinal              | GPL-3.0-or-later      | Internal Cardinal-only modules |
| cf                    | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| DrumKit               | CC0-1.0               | |
| E-Series              | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Fundamental           | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Grande                | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Impromptu             | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| JW-Modules            | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| MindMeld              | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| mscHack               | BSD-3-Clause          | |
| Rackwindows           | MIT                   | |
| repelzen              | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| Valley                | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |
| ZZC                   | GPL-3.0-only          | GPLv3+ change request https://github.com/zezic/ZZC/issues/86 |
| ZetaCarinae           | GPL-3.0-or-later      | |