License

MIT License

GWexpy is licensed under the MIT License, a permissive open-source license that allows you to:

βœ“ Use the software for any purpose (commercial, academic, personal)
βœ“ Modify and distribute the software
βœ“ Sublicense the software

Conditions:

  • Include a copy of the license and copyright notice

  • The software is provided β€œas is” without warranty

Full License Text

The complete license text is available in the repository:

LICENSE.txt

Why MIT?

The MIT License was chosen for GWexpy because it:

  1. Encourages adoption - Permissive license removes barriers to use

  2. Supports collaboration - Derived works can use different licenses

  3. Academic-friendly - Widely used in research software

  4. Commercial-friendly - Allows proprietary derivatives

Third-Party Licenses

GWexpy depends on open-source software with the following licenses:

Package

License

NumPy

BSD

SciPy

BSD

Pandas

BSD

Matplotlib

PSF

GWpy

GPL-3.0+

Astropy

BSD

For the complete list of dependencies and their licenses, run:

pip show gwexpy
# or for detailed info:
pip-licenses

Contributing

By contributing to GWexpy, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the same MIT License. See CONTRIBUTING.md for details.

Questions?

If you have questions about licensing, feel free to open an issue on GitHub Issues.