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## Licensing
**Commercial use requires purchase of one-time license fee per developer.** Commercial use includes any application that makes you money. This includes portfolio sites and premium templates. Commercial licenses may be purchased at [http://metafizzy.co#licenses](http://metafizzy.co#licenses).
Isotope may be used in commercial projects and applications with the one-time purchase of a commercial license. If you are paid to do your job, and part of your job is implementing Isotope, a commercial license is required.
Use in non-commercial and personal applications is free.
http://isotope.metafizzy.co/license.html
For non-commercial, personal, or open source projects and applications, you may use Isotope under the terms of the MIT License. You may use Isotope for free.
+ **Interoperability**: features can be utilized together for a cohesive experience.
+ **Progressive enhancement**: Isotope's [animation engine](animating.html) takes advantage of the best browser features when available — CSS transitions and transforms, GPU acceleration — but will also fall back to JavaScript animation for lesser browsers.
## Licensing
## Commercial Licensing
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<strong>Commercial use of Isotope requires purchase of one-time license fee per developer seat.</strong> Commercial use includes any application that makes you money — portfolio sites, premium templates, etc. Commercial licenses may be purchased at <a href="http://metafizzy.co/#isotope-license">metafizzy.co</a>.
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Isotope may be used in commercial projects and applications with the one-time purchase of a commercial license. [Read more about Isotope commercial licensing.](license.html)
Use in non-commercial and personal applications is free.
<p>{% include developer-buy-button.html %} {% include org-buy-button.html %}</p>
Purchasing accepts most credit cards and takes seconds. Once purchased, you'll receive a commercial license PDF and you will be all set to use Isotope in your commercial applications.
For non-commercial, personal, or open source projects and applications, you may use Isotope under the terms of the MIT License. You may use Isotope for free.
## Getting started
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+ The Modernizr team for [Modernizr](http://www.modernizr.com/) (partially used within Isotope)
+ [**Juriy Zaytsev aka "kangax"**](http://perfectionkills.com) for [getStyleProperty](http://perfectionkills.com/feature-testing-css-properties/) (used within Isotope)
Isotope may be used in non-commercial and personal applications for free.
Isotope may be used in commercial projects and applications with the one-time purchase of a commercial license.
For commercial applications, you may license Isotope with the purchase of a one-time fee per developer. A developer is someone who implements Isotope, and probably types `.isotope()` at some point. [Commercial licenses may be purchased at metafizzy.co](http://metafizzy.co/#isotope-license).
### Open source license
Want to buy multiple quantities for multiple developers? Email me [yo@metafizzy.co](mailto:yo@metafizzy.co) and I'll put together a bundle order for your team.
For non-commercial, personal, or open source projects and applications, you may use Isotope under the terms of the MIT License. You may use Isotope for free.
In short, with a purchase of a commercial license:
### What is commercial considered?
+ Once purchased, you may use Isotope in all your future commercial applications.
+ You may use Isotope in your own commercial applications, i.e. WordPress, Tumblr, or other CMS themes or templates.
+ Customers of your products _do not_ need to purchase their own license.
If you are paid to do your job, and part of your job is implementing Isotope, a commercial license is required.
Purchasing accepts most credit cards and takes seconds. Once purchased, you’ll receive a commercial license PDF and you will be all set to use Isotope in your commercial applications.
With the purchase of a commercial license:
+ You may use Isotope in as many commercial applications you like.
+ You may use Isotope in your own commercial applications and products. For example: premium WordPress, Tumblr, or other CMS themes, plugins and templates.
+ Customers and users of your products do **not** need to purchase their own license -- so long as they are not developing their own commercial products with Isotope.
The commercial license comes in two varieties:
### Isotope Commercial Developer License
The Isotope Commercial Developer License is for individual developers. This license is priced per developer. Each individual developer needs to purchase a separate license. A developer is someone who implements Isotope, and probably types `.isotope()` at some point.
<p>{% include developer-buy-button.html %}</p>
### Isotope Commercial Organization License
The Isotope Commercial Organization License is for an organization with a team of developers. The license covers the entire team no matter how many developers are working on it.
<p>{% include org-buy-button.html %}</p>
## Isotope Commercial License Agreement
This Commercial License Agreement (the **Agreement**) is a binding legal agreement between you and Metafizzy LLC (**Metafizzy**). By installing, copying, or using Isotope (the **Software**), you agree to be bound by these terms of this Agreement.
This Commercial License Agreement is a binding legal agreement between you and Metafizzy LLC (**Metafizzy**). By installing, copying, or using Isotope (the **Software**), you agree to be bound by these terms of this Agreement.
### Grant of License
Subject to the payment of the fee required and the conditions herein, you are hereby granted a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to the Software to design and develop commercial applications (**Applications**).
### Usage
#### Developer Grant
This Agreement grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use the Software to design and develop software (**Applications**).
The Isotope Commercial Developer License grants 1 license for you as 1 designated user (**Developer**) to use the Software for the purpose of developing Applications. A Developer is an individual who implements the Software into Applications, most often writing the necessary code to do so. You must purchase another separate license to the Software for each and any additional Developer, or purchase a Isotope Commercial Organization License to cover your organization as a whole.
You are granted 1 license for you as 1 designated user to use the Software for the purpose of developing Applications (**Developer**). You must purchase another separate license to the Software for each and any additional Developer. For example, if your company has 5 developers using the Software, you need to purchase 5 licenses.
#### Organization Grant
You are granted the right to use and to modify the source code of the Software for use in Applications. You own any original work authored by you; Metafizzy continues to retain all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Software. You are not permitted to move, remove, edit, or obscure any copyright, trademark, attribution, warning or disclaimer notices in the Software.
The Isotope Commercial Organization License grants 1 license for your Organization as 1 designated, collective user (**Organization**) to use the Software for the purpose of developing Applications. There is no limit or restriction of the number of Developers within your Organization who may develop Applications using the Software.
You may use the Software only to create Applications that are significantly different than and do not compete with the Software. You are granted the license to distribute the Software as part of your Applications on a royalty-free basis. Users of your Applications are permitted to use the Software or your modifications of the Software for development purposes.
#### Usage
You are granted the right to use and to modify the source code of the Software for use in Applications. There is no limit or restriction of the number of Applications which use the Software. You own any original work authored by you. Metafizzy continues to retain all copyright and other intellectual property rights in the Software. You are not permitted to move, remove, edit, or obscure any copyright, trademark, attribution, warning or disclaimer notices in the Software.
You may use the Software only to create Applications that are significantly different than and do not compete with the Software. You are granted the license to distribute the Software as part of your Applications on a royalty-free basis. Users of your Applications are permitted to use the Software or your modifications of the Software as part of your Applications. Users do not need to purchase their own commercial license for the Software, so long as they are not acting as Developers, developing their own commercial Applications with the Software.
### Warranties and Remedies
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. METAFIZZY'S ENTIRE
LIABILITY AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE RETURN
OF THE PRICE PAID FOR THE SOFTWARE.
The Software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. Metafizzy's entire liability and your exclusive remedy under this agreement shall be return of the price paid for the Software.
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