Merge pull request #10804 from jmacdotorg/about-license

Clarify the purpose of the MIT license.
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Jason McIntosh
2025-04-03 18:43:31 -04:00
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Godot offers a fully open source codebase under the **MIT license**.
This means all the technologies that ship with it have to be Free
(as in freedom) as well.
For the most part, they're developed from the ground up by contributors.
This means that the codebase is free for anyone to download, use,
modify, or share, as long as its license file is kept intact.
All technologies that ship with Godot, including third-party libraries, must
be legally compatible with this open source license. Therefore, most parts
of Godot are developed from the ground up by community contributors.
Anyone can plug in proprietary tools for the needs of their projects —
they just won't ship with the engine. This may include Google AdMob,