On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:18:34PM -0700, Christopher wrote:

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Dear Bryce,

I was searching for a terms of use but I couldn't find it. If there is one, could you reply with the url to it?

Hi Christopher,

Inkscape's terms of use are covered by the General Public License. There should be a copy included with your copy of Inkscape (in the file 'COPYING'), or if not, there is a copy here:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

If not, is inkscape available for use in commericial/business environments for free or is there a payment/registration required?

Right, it is absolutely free for use at no cost for commercial/business environment. You are free to install it on any number of computers without any registration or payment needed.

Inkscape is "Open Source Software", which means that you are also free to make modifications to the software and redistribute the program, as long as you also keep the changed version under the same terms.

The reason we make Inkscape available under such free terms is that we enjoy making software and believe that software should be open for anyone to help improve.

We have a donation system set up, for people who wish to support Inkscape development:

http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=93438

Bryce

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