Matomo Analytics platform license
Matomo Analytics is released under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (or later).
You can learn more about the advantages of our license in our Freedom software guide.
Licenses for software bundled with Matomo
Matomo includes several open source software projects along with the Matomo platform.
Softwares and libraries used by Matomo are documented in the /LEGALNOTICE file at the root of Matomo.
Licenses compatible with Matomo
We can only accept individual code contributions, new plugins or libraries if they are released under a license compatible with GPL v3.
The FSF has published a list of GPL-Compatible Free Licenses. To limit license proliferation, the Matomo (Piwik) project accepts software in the public domain or released under the following licenses:
– GPL v3
– LGPL
– New BSD (current default licensing for unlicensed contributions; see below)
– MIT (see below)
– Apache v2
While the Affero GPL v3 is listed as compatible with GPL v3 (i.e., modules or source files under both licenses may be combined in a single project), the Matomo project will not accept software (e.g., plugins) licensed under Affero GPL v3, because the FSF list states, “you cannot take code released under the GNU AGPL and convey or modify it however you like under the terms of GPLv3, or vice versa.” This hinders software maintenance (e.g., refactoring) and future development.
New BSD License (used for example for matomo.js)
For reference, when we refer to the “New BSD License” (or “Modified BSD License” or « The 3-Clause BSD License »), we are referring to 3-clause variant.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3.Neither the name of nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
MIT License
For reference, when we refer to the “MIT License”, we are referring to the “Modern style with sublicense” variant (source: Fedora Project).
Copyright (c)
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the « Software »), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
License for Matomo Mobile
Matomo Mobile is released under the GNU/GPL v3 or later
Matomo Mobile is a Free Software developed by Thomas Steur, member of the Matomo Team.
You can view the license for Matomo Mobile at: GPL v3. See matomo.org/free-software/mobile/