Tools licenses

The Defold editor and command line tools are created and distributed under the developer-friendly Defold License. The Defold License is derived from the popular Apache 2.0 license. The license in its entirety can be read here with additional information to help you understand the difference from the standard Apache 2.0 license here.

Learn how to comply with the required licenses in the games and applications you create using Defold.

The Defold editor and command line tools contains software written by third parties. Below is a list of software used by the editor and command line tools:

Software and licenses

The following software is used by the Defold editor and command line tools:

• BSD 2.0 license (3-clause license)
  • ANTLR - Used by the command line tools when parsing Lua files.
  • libogg - Used by the command line tools when validating ogg files.
  • Oggz - Used by the command line tools when validating ogg files.
• MIT
  • flame-chart-js - Used for producing bob.jar time profiling report
  • DataTables - Used for producing bob.jar time profiling report
• EPL 1.0
  • IconExe - Used for replacing icons bundled in the .exe from bob.jar
• Apache 2.0
  • bundletool-all.jar - Used by the command line tools when creating an Android App Bundle or APK.
  • aapt2 - Used by the command line tools to compile and package Android resources.