Can I use DCMTK to develop a commercial product?
Yes. DCMTK is made available under the BSD license, a license approved by the Open Source Initiative (see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php). The license text is as follows:Code: Select all
/*
* Copyright (C) 1994-2011, OFFIS e.V.
* All rights reserved.
*
* This software and supporting documentation were developed by
*
* OFFIS e.V.
* R&D Division Health
* Escherweg 2
* 26121 Oldenburg, Germany
*
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*/Last update: 2011-02-16 (Riesmeier)