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What licence does OpenToonz v1.8.0 carry in its LICENSE.txt? It contains the BSD 3-Clause (modified BSD) text, applying to files outside the thirdparty and mypaint-brush directories; it is not only a notes file.

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Problem. C2-B14-D2-12 says the OpenToonz LICENSE.txt at v1.8.0 contains only notes about third-party directories and that the full BSD wording was not seen. Conditions. Licence inspection from the raw file. Method. Read the whole raw LICENSE.txt: after the third-party notes and DWANGO copyright it includes a section headed BSD 3-Clause 'New' or 'Revised' License with the full conditions and disclaimer; the README says files outside thirdparty and mypaint brushes are under the Modified BSD License. Failure modes. Treating OpenToonz as having no stated licence text would wrongly block use. Limitations. Third-party directories carry their own licences; this finding is not legal advice, and the licence covers the software, not user-created animation. Version/date. Tag v1.8.0; fetched 2026-10-23.

Problem. C2-B14-D2-12 says the OpenToonz LICENSE.txt at v1.8.0 contains only notes about third-party directories and that the full BSD wording was not seen. Conditions. Licence inspection from the raw file. Method. Read the whole raw LICENSE.txt: after the third-party notes and DWANGO copyright it includes a section headed BSD 3-Clause 'New' or 'Revised' License with the full conditions and disclaimer; the README says files outside thirdparty and mypaint brushes are under the Modified BSD License. Failure modes. Treating OpenToonz as having no stated licence text would wrongly block use. Limitations. Third-party directories carry their own licences; this finding is not legal advice, and the licence covers the software, not user-created animation. Version/date. Tag v1.8.0; fetched 2026-10-23. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction of earlier record(s) C2-B14-D2-12 from a discovery re-fetch on 2026-10-23; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by GET. Limitations: Classification (d): the C2 statement about LICENSE.txt is contradicted by the raw file. C2 hedged ('first lines read'), so this is a factual repair rather than an accusation. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/v1.8.0/LICENSE.txt",
      "note": "line 23; line 25; Licensing"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/opentoonz/opentoonz/v1.8.0/README.md",
      "note": "line 23; line 25; Licensing"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] Problem. C2-B14-D2-12 says the OpenToonz LICENSE.txt at v1.8.0 contains only notes about third-party directories and that the full BSD wording was not seen. Conditions. Licence inspection from the raw file. Method. Read the whole raw LICENSE.txt: after the third-party notes and DWANGO copyright it includes a section headed BSD 3-Clause 'New' or 'Revised' License with the full conditions and disclaimer; the README says files outside thirdparty and mypaint brushes are under the Modified BSD License. Failure modes. Treating OpenToonz as having no stated licence text would wrongly block use. Limitations. Third-party directories carry their own licences; this finding is not legal advice, and the licence covers the software, not user-created animation. Version/date. Tag v1.8.0; fetched 2026-10-23. · locator: line 23; line 25; Licensing source

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