CDF Licensing Options
Computable Document Format (CDF) is a free public format, and under the Wolfram FreeCDF terms of use, your CDF documents along with their content are freely redistributable to anyone using the Wolfram CDF Player.*
A Guide to CDF Licensing Options
* FreeCDF terms automatically apply to CDF files created by Wolfram products, but do not allow:
- Charging others for using your CDFs
- Preventing others from republishing or redistributing CDFs that you give them
- Removing our logo or other displayed branding
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| General CDF Use Cases | ||
| Distributed publicly without restrictions on redistribution of content |  |
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| Distributed commercially or in any way monetizing the content | |
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| Removal of Wolfram branding elements | |
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| Enhanced capabilities, including import/export of external data, arbitrary input fields, dialog windows, and file saving | |
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| Business Intelligence | FreeCDF | Contact Us |
| Internal reports, presentations, and dashboards | |
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| Private client reports and presentations | |
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| Reports, presentations, and dashboards distributed publicly without restriction | |
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| Reports, presentations, and dashboards sold by subscription | |
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| Blogs and News Media | FreeCDF | Contact Us |
| CDF content distributed publicly without restriction | |
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| CDF content restricted for use only on a commercial blog or website | |
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| CDF access restricted via a subscription portal (paywall) | |
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| Publishing | FreeCDF | Contact Us |
| Free and redistributable CDF ebook or app | |
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| Free and redistributable CDF content in support of any free or commercial publication | |
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| Commercially marketed CDF ebook or app with rights-protected content | |
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| Commercially marketed CDF content in support of any free or commercial publication | |
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| CDF access restricted via a subscription portal (paywall) | |
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| Commercial use of and deep linking to Wolfram Demonstrations | |
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| Education | FreeCDF | Contact Us |
| Free and redistributable CDF-based courses and knowledge apps | |
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| Quizzes, homework assignments, and syllibi for personal classroom use | |
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| CDF or Wolfram Demonstrations-based education packages sold commercially to schools and school districts | |
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| Software Development and Industry R & D | FreeCDF | Contact Us |
| Internally distributed and private client application prototypes | |
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| Free and redistributable standalone applications | |
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| Commercially distributed applications | |
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