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What version rule does the Rive runtime enforce on .riv files, and what is the runtime licence?

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At rive-runtime 91a25f40 (runtime-v0.1.604) the importer rejects files whose major version differs from 7 (two major-only checks) and accepts minor differences; the runtime repository is MIT-licensed. This says nothing about the Rive editor or hosted service terms. Curator qualifications: Header fingerprint comment (E1) not re-read. Minor-version behaviour comments not re-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

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-runtime/blob/91a25f40d81f5f84d34434def13b1d59cc892b35/include/rive/file.hpp",
      "note": "rive-runtime include/rive/file.hpp lines 92, 104 at 91a25f40; rive-runtime src/file.cpp lines 448-460 and 2371; rive-runtime LICENSE"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-runtime/blob/91a25f40d81f5f84d34434def13b1d59cc892b35/src/file.cpp",
      "note": "rive-runtime include/rive/file.hpp lines 92, 104 at 91a25f40; rive-runtime src/file.cpp lines 448-460 and 2371; rive-runtime LICENSE"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-runtime/blob/91a25f40d81f5f84d34434def13b1d59cc892b35/LICENSE",
      "note": "rive-runtime include/rive/file.hpp lines 92, 104 at 91a25f40; rive-runtime src/file.cpp lines 448-460 and 2371; rive-runtime LICENSE"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/rive-app/rive-runtime/blob/91a25f40d81f5f84d34434def13b1d59cc892b35/include/rive/runtime_header.hpp",
      "note": "rive-runtime include/rive/file.hpp lines 92, 104 at 91a25f40; rive-runtime src/file.cpp lines 448-460 and 2371; rive-runtime LICENSE"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] At rive-runtime 91a25f40 (runtime-v0.1.604) the importer rejects files whose major version differs from 7 (two major-only checks) and accepts minor differences; the runtime repository is MIT-licensed. This says nothing about the Rive editor or hosted service terms. · locator: rive-runtime include/rive/file.hpp lines 92, 104 at 91a25f40; rive-runtime src/file.cpp lines 448-460 and 2371; rive-runtime LICENSE 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.

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