The ImageResizer Core project (the /Core/ folder and its subdirectories) are licensed under the Resize Freedom license.

This includes all plugins in the ImageResizer.Plugins.Basic namespace. (NoCache,DefaultEncoder,ClientCache,Caption,DropShadow,SizeLimiting, etc.)

Visit http://imageresizing.net/license/freedom for the latest version of the license.

#Image Resizer Freedom license

##License summary:

No restrictions, except you can't use my own code to compete with my own products.

Permitted actions
 * Usage
 * Modification
 * Redistribution
 * Sub-licensing (but the original license must be included with the source and binaries)
 * Hosting providers may install as a shared library (in the GAC) on their servers.

An exact copy of the [MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php), but with one extra condition (in bold).

If you purchased a [Professional](/licenses/pro) or [Enterprise](/licenses/enterprise) license, read those instead. If you comply with them, you're automatically complying with this license.

##License Terms

Copyright (c) 2011 Nathanael Jones

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

1. The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 

2. **Sale, public distribution, marketing, and publishing of derivative works 
are not permitted if those works directly and primarily compete with previously published product
offerings of the author (Nathanael Jones).**

**To comply with this clause, compare the purpose of your derived product 
to the purpose of each of the products listed on <http://imageresizing.net/>.
If the purpose or marketing of the products are similar, then you should contact 
nathanael.jones@gmail.com for written clarification and permission (provided free of charge).**

**An example prohibited action would be selling a derived version of the ImageResizer which included a disk caching plugin (since that behavior is provided by an pre-existing plugin).
If you are the 'first to market', however, you do not have to worry about retroactively being in violation of the license.**

**This no-backstabbing clause is included to insure continued maintenance and improvement of the software.**

**This clause does not apply if the author is deceased, or if said products are no longer offered or maintained (reverting to the standard MIT license).**

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.


