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Licensing

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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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

Does the JavaScript version of GSAP use CSS3 transitions to deliver even better performance (with help from the GPU)?

CSS3 transitions have some significant limitations that make them unworkable for a serious animation platform. They don’t provide precise controls over the timing or easing. They’re great for simple effects but the GreenSock Animation Platform delivers extremely precise rendering, so you can do things like pause() and reverse() an animation anytime or skip to a specific time and play from there, etc. Try creating a CSS3 transition that uses an elastic.out or slow motion ease and then jump to 0.72494-seconds into a 2-second transition and pause() only to resume() later. It’s impossible from what I understand. So no, the platform doesn’t make use of CSS3 transitions. However, it is highly optimized for performance. See the detailed cage match where GSAP battles CSS3 transitions where there’s a detailed comparison in several categories.

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.

Who do I talk to if I have questions?

The best place to receive assistance is in our support forums. If you have a private matter to discus simply complete the form on our contact page. We will respond promptly.

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.

is cabbage gross?

Yes.

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.

Does Draggable only work with DOM elements? Can I get it in a canvas-based app ?

Yes, Draggable is just for DOM elements. But the real magic behind all the fluid motion and snapping is InertiaPlugin, and that can be used to tween any property of any object, not just DOM elements. So yes, you can absolutely get this kind of motion in other contexts but you'd need to wire up the actual dragging logic yourself and then fire off an InertiaPlugin tween when the user releases their mouse/touch. InertiaPlugin can even track the velocity of any property for you too (even function-based getters/setters!), so it's quite a powerful tool.

Where can I get the CDN URLs for the current version of each tool?

Check out the GSAP Overview on the docs homepage. It makes it super easy to see which tools are hosted on the CDN and copy the URLs to your clipboard. You can also get a full list at CDNJS.com.
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