Summary
The openIMIS software product is licensed under an open-source software license with a copy-left clause called GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3. The following text is a summary from TLDRlegal for your convenience - read the full openIMIS Software License Agreement here.
You may:
Use commercially - Describes the ability to use the software for commercial purposes.
Modify - Describes the ability to modify the software and create derivatives.
Distribute - Describes the ability to distribute original or modified (derivative) works.
Place Warranty - Describes the ability to place warranty on the software licensed.
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Disclose Source - You must disclose your source code when you distribute, publish or serve (i.e. through a web portal) modified or derivative software.
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You may not:
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Hold Liable - Describes the warranty and if the software/license owner can be charged for damages.
License Agreement
Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC).The program users must agree to the following terms:
Copyright notices
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU AGPL v3 License as published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the License.This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU AGPL v3 License for more details www.gnu.org.
Disclaimer of Warranty
There is no warranty for the program, to the extent permitted by applicable law; except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the program "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the program is with you. Should the program prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
Limitation of Liability
In no event unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing will any copyright holder, or any other party who modifies and/or conveys the program as permitted above, be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the program (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of the program to operate with any other programs), even if such holder or other party has been advised of the possibility of such damages.
In case of dispute arising out or in relation to the use of the program, it is subject to the public law of Switzerland. The place of jurisdiction is Berne.
Third Party Software Licenses
The openIMIS code base also depends on or includes source code that was developed from third parties. The intellectual property rights belong to those developers and were published under open source licenses that might follow a different licensing model.
This page gives an edited overview of third party packages to our best knowledge for you convenience. Please refer to the respective code repositories for the original conditions.
Automated lists of third party packages for the new modular architecture can be found directly in the github repositories:
backend: https://github.com/openimis/openimis-be_py/blob/master/requirements.txt
frontend: https://github.com/openimis/openimis-fe_js/blob/master/package.json
Please be aware that older releases (until Sources Release 2023-04) of the openIMIS package still contain technologies that belong to the Microsoft Corporation. Since Release 2023-10 all components are compatible to the main openIMIS license.
Note that this list might not be complete as the openIMIS package is under heavy construction and newly added packages might not be included, yet.
Package | Owner | Use | Repository | License / Terms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Python package index | ||||
github | JavaScript package manager | |||
Facebook Inc. | base framework of new openIMIS frontend | MIT license | ||
UX components library | MIT license | |||
React Autocomplete | Ryan Florence | additional UX component to manage drop downs/combo boxes/… | https://github.com/reactjs/react-autocomplete/blob/master/LICENSE | |
managing date and times in new openIMIS frontend | ||||
Sanish Maharjan | nepali calendar in frontend | https://github.com/leapfrogtechnology/Nepali-Date-Picker/blob/master/LICENSE | ||
package python modules for pypi | ||||
base framework on new openIMIS backend | BSD license | |||
DB-connect | BSD license | |||
Generate report PDF (python lib new architecture) | https://www.reportbro.com/license/index we don’t use the ‘studio’ only the python lib, according to the 'open-source” license. WARNING: “Releasing your project that uses ReportBro under AGPLv3 requires your project to be licensed under AGPLv3/GPLv3 likewise. See GPL FAQ for details. “ |
Non-Software License
Non-software products (e.g. texts, graphics, multimedia) of the openIMIS Initiative are licensed with a Creative Commons license, that is in line with the openIMIS Software License.You may:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.
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Attribute — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.
No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
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