LZMA SDK is in the public domain and may be used for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial
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- Statement
- LZMA SDK page (latest version 26.03, 2026-09-03; as published on 2026-09-27): the LZMA SDK is placed in the public domain, and anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell or distribute the original LZMA SDK code, in source or binary form, for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial. The SDK version history records that it was placed in the public domain in version 4.62. SPDX tracks the SDK statement as LZMA-SDK-9.22 (versions 9.22 and beyond) and notes that the website text differs from the texts in SDK distributions.
- Applies when
- Embedding LZMA/LZMA2/XZ/7z compression code in products or firmware.
- Applies to
- LZMA SDK (C, C++, C#, Java sources, lzma.exe, 7zr.exe, SFX modules), version 4.62 and later.
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