What does Spine document about its JSON/binary export, version compatibility with runtimes, and runtime licensing?
Spine's versioning page says the editor major.minor used for export must always match the Spine Runtimes version; the Spine Runtimes License (last updated April 5, 2025) ties use of the runtimes to Spine Editor licences held by each user of the Products.
Spine's versioning page says the editor major.minor used for export must always match the Spine Runtimes version; the Spine Runtimes License (last updated April 5, 2025) ties use of the runtimes to Spine Editor licences held by each user of the Products.
Curator qualifications: JSON/binary field details (E3-E4) not re-read. Licence summarised, not legally interpreted; Section 2 of the Editor Licence not read. Static reading; no file parsed and no runtime executed.
Limitations: Static reading; no file parsed and no runtime executed.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
Structured fields
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{
"url": "http://esotericsoftware.com/spine-json-format",
"note": "esotericsoftware.com/spine-runtimes-license (byte-identical to producer pin 4538f4ed); esotericsoftware.com/spine-versioning (byte-identical to producer pin 0ee4200b)"
},
{
"url": "http://esotericsoftware.com/spine-binary-format",
"note": "esotericsoftware.com/spine-runtimes-license (byte-identical to producer pin 4538f4ed); esotericsoftware.com/spine-versioning (byte-identical to producer pin 0ee4200b)"
},
{
"url": "https://esotericsoftware.com/spine-runtimes-license",
"note": "esotericsoftware.com/spine-runtimes-license (byte-identical to producer pin 4538f4ed); esotericsoftware.com/spine-versioning (byte-identical to producer pin 0ee4200b)"
},
{
"url": "https://esotericsoftware.com/spine-versioning",
"note": "esotericsoftware.com/spine-runtimes-license (byte-identical to producer pin 4538f4ed); esotericsoftware.com/spine-versioning (byte-identical to producer pin 0ee4200b)"
}
]
}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] Spine's versioning page says the editor major.minor used for export must always match the Spine Runtimes version; the Spine Runtimes License (last updated April 5, 2025) ties use of the runtimes to Spine Editor licences held by each user of the Products. · locator: esotericsoftware.com/spine-runtimes-license (byte-identical to producer pin 4538f4ed); esotericsoftware.com/spine-versioning (byte-identical to producer pin 0ee4200b) source
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| documentation | unknown | permitted | permitted | unknown | unknown | Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources. |