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Learn about our licensing options to find which best fits your needs.

Licensing Options

GreenSock’s standard "No Charge" license is very permissive (it even covers most commercial uses), but "Business Green" members get a comprehensive commercial license plus time-saving bonus plugins and tools. Why isn't GreenSock MIT-licensed? Find out here.

Benefits

Most developers find that GSAP’s workflow features alone save them so much time that the license pays for itself literally in a matter of days. After factoring in the bonus plugins and the performance boost, the expense quickly turns into profit.

Business License

Our paid license is only necessary in projects that you sell to multiple end users. That's it. Even if you charge your client a million dollars for whatever you create for them, it's fine to use GreenSock tools under the standard license as long as it's a one-off project.

Enterprise Level

We realize that some legal departments can be quite picky and enterprise institutions have a unique set of needs, so if our standard "BusinessGreen" license isn't quite what you need, check out our Enterprise Licensing page.

What's Covered?

License Standard Business

Usage in 100% free apps, games, sites, and other software even if you charge a fee to develop these products
This includes advertising, internal sites and tools, promotional web sites, free software, and pretty much everything that isn't sold to multiple end users.

Distribution of GreenSock files as a part of your Work Product
Even in open source projects, as long as you leave the source files unedited and recognize that the GreenSock files are subject to their own license. Only BusinessGreen members can distribute the members-only bonus plugins (like ThrowPropsPlugin), and solely to be used as a part of their Work Product.
Usage in web sites or products that require a fee to use or join (NetFlix.com, Ancestry.com, eHarmony.com, etc.)
Usage in games or products that are sold to multiple end users

Usage in games or other apps that use micro-transactions for optional features/upgrades
An example of a micro-transaction is when a user can optionally pay to unlock a certain feature in a free game/app, or a gambling site where the user can technically visit for free, but they may choose to pay to place bets or play games.

Usage of members-only tools like ThrowPropsPlugin, Physics2DPlugin, etc.
One of the nice things about becoming a member is that you gain access to some useful tools that create eye-catching effects, smooth your workflow, and generally save a lot of time and hassle. See the Club GreenSock page for details.

Business-Friendly

GreenSock's dual licensing model keeps it extremely accessible and completely free for the vast majority of use cases while at the same time providing a small funding mechanism that sustains ongoing support, innovation, and sustainability. The web is littered with abandoned "open source" projects, but GreenSock has a years-long track record of commitment to the platform. Some of the largest companies in the world trust GreenSock tools in their business-critical applications every day. Learn about the "why" behind the GreenSock license here.

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Go BusinessGreen

For individuals and businesses who want everything including a special commercial license.

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How many developers will work with GreenSock tools?

Are multiple customers charged a fee to use or access your GreenSock-powered site/product?
(including micro transactions for optional features)

Do you want any Club GreenSock plugins that give you special animation powers like morphing, etc.?

Do you want MorphSVG, InertiaPlugin, SplitText, MotionPathHelper, or GSDevTools?

No membership required!

Looks like you're covered by the standard no-charge license. Yay! When you're ready to take your animations to the next level, join Club GreenSock to gain access to the time-saving bonus plugins. Until then, happy tweening!

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Best fit: Simply Green

Includes access to DrawSVG, Physics2D, PhysicsProps, ScrambleText, CustomBounce, and CustomWiggle for one developer. Use GreenSock tools in an unlimited number of projects that don't require the commercial license. See our licensing page for details.

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Best fit: Shockingly Green

Includes access to all of the bonus plugins for one developer! Use GreenSock tools in an unlimited number of projects that don't require the commercial license. See our licensing page for details.

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Best fit: Business Green

A Single Developer Business Green membership includes access to all of the bonus plugins and a commercial license for one developer to use GreenSock tools in an unlimited number of projects while the license is active.

The commercial license fully covers your unedited Work Products even after being sold/resold! No need to register each project or user. Just please keep your license active until you stop collecting fees related to the GreenSock-powered site/product(s). If your customer needs to edit your Work Product, they should get their own license. See our licensing page for details.

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Best fit: Business Green

A multi-developer Business Green membership includes access to all of the bonus plugins and a commercial license for however many developers you sign up for to use GreenSock tools in an unlimited number of projects while the license is active.

The commercial license fully covers your unedited Work Products even after being sold/resold! No need to register each project or user. Just please keep your license active until you stop collecting fees related to the GreenSock-powered site/product(s). If your customer needs to edit your Work Product, they should get their own license. See our licensing page for details.

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Best fit: Enterprise License

An Enterprise license gets you stronger warranties, indemification, condientiality, and it permits some customization of the licensing terms. Please contact us for pricing.

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FAQS

Popular tags:

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If I get an annual membership, can I upgrade to a permanent one later?

Sure. You can upgrade directly from within your GreenSock account anytime. Contact us if you need help.

How do I get a license?

Just sign up for a “Business Green” Club GreenSock membership at the level that corresponds to the number of developers in your organization. That’s it!

Which browsers work with the JavaScript version of GSAP?

GSAP itself is pure JavaScript and should work in virtually ALL browsers. GSAP wasn’t intended to solve all browser incompatibilities, but it does implement wizardry for critical features like opacity, transforms (rotation, scaleX, scaleY, skewX, skewY, x, and y), and transformOrigin so those should work in all major browsers even back to IE6. Firefox doesn’t support backgroundPositionX or backgroundPositionY, so those specific properties won’t work but backgroundPosition will for virtually all browsers. There is NOT a predetermined list of css properties that you can tween – the platform will attempt to tween ANY property you pass in. If it is numeric, it will tween it. If it isn’t numeric and it isn’t a recognized special property, CSSPlugin will just set the property to the value you provide (without tweening it). So, for example, if you try to tween to display:"inline", that isn’t a tweenable property but it will still be set accordingly during the tween, so feel free to use that to your advantage.

Why aren't the bonus plugins hosted on a CDN?

Putting them on a CDN would remove one of the primary reasons for joining Club GreenSock, the very thing that enables ongoing support and development. Not a very good business move.

Can I include GreenSock code in my open source library?

Absolutely, but there are a few caveats: You may not include any of the members-only bonus plugins/classes in your open source tool (for obvious reasons) and you must clearly represent that the GreenSock code uses its own separate licensing model. We encourage the use of GreenSock tools to empower other open source tools.

Does Draggable use CSS3 animations or transitions for the motion?

Nope. CSS3 transitions and animations have some significant limitations that make them ill-suited for the type of motion that these tools require, so highly optimized JavaScript is used instead. In order to tap into GPU compositing, 3D transforms are used when possible (in browsers that support them) and updates are made using requestAnimationFrame (when available) for maximum efficiency. See for yourself in Chrome Dev Tools - you should see very snappy performance in the timeline. Many other tools like jQuery UI use top/left properties for positioning which don't generally perform as well. These tools have been fully "GreenSocked" so performance is smoking fast, just like the core tweening engine.

Do I have to purchase a license to use GSAP? Can I use it in commercial projects?

GreenSock uses a very permissive license that allows you to use the tools for free for everything except a very specific type of commercial use (if you collect a fee from multiple customers for the same app/product/site that uses GreenSock tools) which makes it extremely accessible and business-friendly while providing a small funding mechanism to sustain ongoing support, enhancement, and innovation. The web is littered with abandoned “open source” projects, but GreenSock has a years-long track record of commitment to the platform. This unique licensing model is a key component of that sustainability. If multiple customers are charged a usage/access/license fee of any kind, please simply sign up for a “Business Green” Club GreenSock membership which comes with a special commercial license granting you permission to do so. Click here for details. Joining the club also gets you members-only bonus plugins, classes, update notifications, and more. Please see the licensing page for details.

Who uses GreenSock tools?

Here are just a few: Google, Microsoft, Dow, Sony, Amazon, Fox, EA, Ford, HP, Adobe, Coca-Cola. To see the great work these and other brands are creating with GreenSock tools, swing by our showcase.
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