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?
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  Usage in 100% free apps, games, sites, and other software even if you charge a fee to develop these products |
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Distribution of GreenSock files as a part of your Work Product |
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| Usage in web sites or products that require a fee to use or join (NetFlix.com, Ancestry.com, eHarmony.com, etc.) | ||
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Usage in games or other apps that use micro-transactions for optional features/upgrades |
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Usage of members-only tools like ThrowPropsPlugin, Physics2DPlugin, etc. |
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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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FAQS
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Can I use jQuery with the GSAP?
//fade out all of the elements with the class "myClass"
TweenLite.to($(".myClass"), 1, {opacity:0});
//tween the width of the element with id "myElement" to 500px
TweenLite.to("#myElement", 1, {width:"500px", ease:Elastic.easeOut});
//tween the "marginTop" of all objects of the class "myClass" in a staggered fashion so that they appear to fall into place from 100px up
var tl = new TimelineLite();
tl.staggerFrom(".myClass", 1, {marginTop:"-=100px", opacity:0}, 0.1);
//or use jQuery's each() method to loop through the results and stagger a fade out
$(".myClass").each( function(index, element) {
TweenLite.to( element, 1, {autoAlpha:0, delay:index * 0.2});
});
//add a click handler that uses $(this) to refer to the menu element that was clicked and tween its height to 100px
$("#menu").click(
function(){
TweenLite.to( $(this), 0.7, {height:"100px", ease:Power2.easeInOut } );
}
);
Of course you need to load jQuery into your HTML document in order to use it. TweenLite doesn't have any dependencies on 3rd party tools like jQuery, so it is completely optional.