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License
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The LVGL project (including all repositories) is licensed under the `MIT license
<https://github.com/lvgl/lvgl/blob/master/LICENCE.txt>`__.  This means you can use it
even in commercial projects.

It is not mandatory, but we highly appreciate it if you write a few words about your
project in the `My projects <https://forum.lvgl.io/c/my-projects/10>`__ category of
the forum or a private message to `lvgl.io <https://lvgl.io/#contact>`__.

Although you can get LVGL for free there is a massive amount of work behind it.  It's
created by a group of volunteers who made it available for you in their free time.

To make the LVGL project sustainable, please consider :ref:`contributing` to the
project.  You can choose from many different ways of contributing.  See
:ref:`contributing` such as simply writing a tweet about you using LVGL, fixing bugs,
translating the documentation, or even becoming a maintainer.

