More specifically, jQuery is dual-licensed under GPL and MIT. For most
sites, the MIT is the appropriate license:
Copyright (c) 2009 John Resig, http://jquery.com/
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
--Karl
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www.englishrules.com
www.learningjquery.com
On Jul 21, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Matt Zagrabelny wrote:
On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 00:46 -0700, Kaps wrote:
Hello Team,
I just want to know that do I need to purchase a license if I want to
use jquery on public sites.
Waiting for your quick reply!!
jQuery is Free Software. Feel free to use as you'd like. You don't
need
to purchase anything because it is also free software.
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Information Technology Systems & Services
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