License
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The `source code <https://github.com/spatial-model-editor/spatial-model-editor>`_ for Spatial Model Editor is released under the `MIT license <https://github.com/spatial-model-editor/spatial-model-editor/blob/master/LICENSE>`_, which is a permissive `GPL-compatible <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#WhatDoesCompatMean>`_ license.

The open source libraries that it uses are listed `here <https://github.com/spatial-model-editor/spatial-model-editor#dependencies>`_, and are either also released under a permissive GPL-compatible license, or under a GPL license.
As described in the `gpl-faq <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#IfLibraryIsGPL>`_, this means that the work as a whole is then licensed under the GPL.
