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Anna: Created page with '{{#CUSTOMTITLE:How Do I Know if I Can Use the Free Open Source License?}} In general, you are the best person to know whether your usage scenario fulfills the terms of the Open S…'

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{{#CUSTOMTITLE:How Do I Know if I Can Use the Free Open Source License?}}
In general, you are the best person to know whether your usage scenario fulfills the terms of the Open Source license. CKEditor can be used in two [http://ckeditor.com/license licensing models]:
* '''CKEditor Open Source License''' – the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL], [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html LGPL], and [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html MPL] copyleft license.
* '''CKEditor Commercial License – CKSource Closed Distribution License (CDL)''' – commercial non-copyleft license.

If you want to take advantage of one of the '''Open Source licenses''', you need to be sure that you are compliant with their terms. Some things to look at are:
* Whether you plan to release your application under an Open Source license.
* Whether you want to modify CKEditor and under which license you want to release your modifications.
* Whether you intend to distribute the Open Source license terms and the source code of CKEditor with your product.
* Whether you want to keep the references to CKEditor in your product as well as preserve the integrity of all CKEditor files.
* Whether you want to support the future development of CKEditor by buying a commercial version.
* Whether you are going to need access to the support channel which is only available with the commercial licenses.

<note>Please note that the CKEditor Open Source license can be used in personal, educational, non-profit and commercial products '''as long as you fulfil all terms of the Open Source license of your choice'''.</note>

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	* Whether you are going to need access to the [http://ckeditor.com/support support channel] which is only available with the commercial licenses.		* Whether you are going to need access to the [http://ckeditor.com/support support channel] which is only available with the commercial licenses.

−	<note>Please note that the CKEditor Open Source license can be used in personal, educational, non-profit and commercial products '''as long as you satisfy all terms of the Open Source license of your choice'''.</note>	+	<note>Please note that the CKEditor Open Source license can be used in personal, educational, non-profit, and commercial products '''as long as you satisfy all terms of the Open Source license of your choice'''.</note>

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 {{#CUSTOMTITLE:How Do I Know if I Can Use the Free Open Source License?}}
-You need to analyze whether your usage scenario fulfills the terms of the Open Source license. CKEditor can be used in two [http://ckeditor.com/license licensing models]:
+It depends on your usage scenario. You need to verify that it fulfills the terms of the Open Source license. CKEditor can be used in two [http://ckeditor.com/license licensing models]:
 * '''CKEditor Open Source License''' &ndash; the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL], [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html LGPL], and [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html MPL] copyleft license.
 * '''CKEditor Commercial License &ndash; CKSource Closed Distribution License (CDL)''' &ndash; commercial non-copyleft license.

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 {{#CUSTOMTITLE:How Do I Know if I Can Use the Free Open Source License?}}
-In general, you are the best person to know whether your usage scenario fulfills the terms of the Open Source license. CKEditor can be used in two [http://ckeditor.com/license licensing models]:
+You need to analyze whether your usage scenario fulfills the terms of the Open Source license. CKEditor can be used in two [http://ckeditor.com/license licensing models]:
 * '''CKEditor Open Source License''' &ndash; the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html GPL], [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html LGPL], and [http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/MPL-1.1.html MPL] copyleft license.
 * '''CKEditor Commercial License &ndash; CKSource Closed Distribution License (CDL)''' &ndash; commercial non-copyleft license.

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	* Whether you are going to need access to the support channel which is only available with the commercial licenses.		* Whether you are going to need access to the support channel which is only available with the commercial licenses.

−	<note>Please note that the CKEditor Open Source license can be used in personal, educational, non-profit and commercial products '''as long as you ~~fulfil~~ all terms of the Open Source license of your choice'''.</note>	+	<note>Please note that the CKEditor Open Source license can be used in personal, educational, non-profit and commercial products '''as long as you satisfy all terms of the Open Source license of your choice'''.</note>

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 * Whether you want to keep the references to CKEditor in your product as well as preserve the integrity of all CKEditor files.
 * Whether you want to support the future development of CKEditor by buying a commercial version.
-* Whether you are going to need access to the support channel which is only available with the commercial licenses.
+* Whether you are going to need access to the [http://ckeditor.com/support support channel] which is only available with the commercial licenses.
 <note>Please note that the CKEditor Open Source license can be used in personal, educational, non-profit and commercial products '''as long as you satisfy all terms of the Open Source license of your choice'''.</note>