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If I run my software on Jaxer do I need to license my software under the GPL?
Running your software on the Jaxer server does not at all compel you to license your software under the GPL. Jaxer itself is licensed under the Gnu Public License version 3 (the GPL) in order to keep it free to use and distribute and extend, as long as distributed extensions to Jaxer itself are offered back to the community under the GPL. But software programs that run on top of Jaxer are not bound by the Jaxer GPL license. Indeed we place no restrictions on the software you run on top of Jaxer, in terms of licensing or anything else.
GPL License Exception
Aptana, as part of the GPL liense exception, explicitly excludes the following EPL-licensed files, features and plugins. A '*' indicates any version of that item. Please reference the specific version of your product on the list below:
GNU Public License
Aptana includes the GPL License with a special exemption to section 7. If you have a question, please contact us at .
Aptana Public License
The Aptana Public License is designed to allow you the freedom to use Aptana products without restriction, except for redistribution. We at Aptana want you to not only use Aptana for web development, but also freely share scripts, snippets, websites and other items with friends and coworkers, and to encourage others to use and adopt Aptana as well. However, we require that you do not redistribute Aptana Studio itself. If you are interested in redistributing Aptana or have a question, please contact us at
If I have questions about commercial licensing of Aptana products, who do I contact?
Please send your question to license@aptana.com and we will be happy to assist you.
If I make modifications or customizations to Aptana products for internal use, must I make these changes publicly available?
No. If you keep these modifications internal to your organization, you do not have to make your changes publicly available. If you wish to redistribute modifications external to your organization, you must either contact Aptana for a commercial license or release it under the GPL.
As a developer, how does the GPL v3 affect my existing work that I developed under other licenses?
Any code you write and own copyright to, which is not a work based on Aptana Studio or Jaxer code, can be distributed in any manner under any license. However, for example, if you create and distribute a combination of your own code with Aptana Studio or Jaxer, or you otherwise create a work based on an Aptana product, then the whole work must be GPL'd or you must obtain a separate license from Aptana.
Can I repackage Aptana Studio or Jaxer and distribute it?
Yes, under the GPL. If you need to make modifications, add or remove plugins, etc., or otherwise create a work based on Aptana Studio or Jaxer, and you cannot make those changes available under the GPL, you will need to contact us for a commercial license.
Can I take unmodified Aptana Studio binaries and combine them with an Eclipse distribution?
No. Combining our GPL'd licensed code with any other product requires that the entire product be GPL'd, and therefore you cannot include any Eclipse distribution.
What if I want to make changes to some of Aptana Studio's EPL'd plugins?
You are free to make changes to any of Aptana Studio EPL'd code under the terms of the EPL. To get those redistributed as part of Aptana Studio, we encourage you to contribute those back to Aptana so that we may evaluate your changes for inclusion back into the product.
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