HIDAPI can be used under one of three licenses.

1. The GNU General Public License, version 3.0, in LICENSE-gpl3.txt

2. A BSD-Style License, in LICENSE-bsd.txt.

3. The more liberal original HIDAPI license. LICENSE-orig.txt

The license chosen is at the discretion of the user of HIDAPI. For example:

1. An author of GPL software would likely use HIDAPI under the terms of the

GPL.

2. An author of commercial closed-source software would likely use HIDAPI

under the terms of the BSD-style license or the original HIDAPI license.