7-Zip free open-source distribution
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- Kind
- Open source
- Term
- Perpetual; no term, renewal or expiry. Licence notices travel with each copy.
- Aliases
- free software; no registration; GNU LGPL distribution
- Definition
- 7-Zip License for use and distribution: "You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip."
- Commercial rules
- No fee, registration, licence key or order is required for use on any computer, including in a commercial organisation. The project publishes no paid edition, subscription, support contract or enterprise programme; support is community-based through the SourceForge forum and tickets. Obligations arise only on redistribution or modification, under the GNU LGPL 2.1-or-later, the BSD 3-clause and 2-clause licences and the unRAR licence restriction.
- Applies to
- 7-Zip for Windows (exe and msi installers), 7-Zip Extra, 7-Zip console versions for Linux and macOS, 7zr.exe and the 7-Zip source code, as distributed from 7-zip.org, GitHub (ip7z/7zip) and SourceForge.