Available Licensing Options
As a Creator, you have five licensing options to choose from on Blender Market. These license options are:
Which license you should choose depends, in part, on the type of product you are licensing.
Asset-based Products
All asset-based products may be licensed under Standard Royalty Free, Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0), or Editorial licenses. Below is a brief summary of licensing restrictions. This list is not exhaustive—please consult the Help Desk page for each license to review all license-specific permissions and restrictions.
In the table below, y = yes, n = no, w/p = with permission.
License Type: | Standard Royalty-Free | CC Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) | Editorial |
Allows Redistribution | w/p | y | w/p |
Allows Modification | y | y | w/p |
Allows Personal Use | y | y | y |
Allows Commercial Use | y | y | n |
Requires Attribution | n | y | n |
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Code-based Products
All scripts, add-ons, and other code-based products may be licensed as either GPL or MIT.
No other licensing options are currently permitted for code-based products. By uploading your product to Blender Market, you agree to license your product under one of these licenses. Below is a brief summary of licensing restrictions. This list is not exhaustive—please consult the Help Desk page for each license to review all license-specific permissions and restrictions.
In the table below, y = yes, n = no, w/p = with permission.
License Type: | GNU GPL 3.0 | MIT |
Allow Redistribution | y | y |
Allows Modification | y | y |
Allows Personal Use | y | y |
Allows Commercial Use | y | y |
Requires License & Copyright Notice Be Included with Software |
y | y |
Requires Source Code | y | n |
Requires Same or Similar License When Redistributed |
y | n |