Microscopy Image Browser (MIB)
image segmentation and beyond

Copyright (c) 2010-2026
Ilya Belevich, Merja Joensuu, Darshan Kumar, Helena Vihinen and Eija Jokitalo
Electron Microscopy Unit, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki
https://mib.helsinki.fi


This file is a summary. The full license texts are distributed with MIB under
`mib/licenses/`:

  mib/licenses/README                    - overview and links to the online versions
  mib/licenses/LICENSE_MIB_for_MATLAB    - GNU GPL v3, applies to the MIB source code
  mib/licenses/LICENSE_MIB_Standalone    - terms for the compiled standalone application
  mib/licenses/MATLAB_license.txt        - MathWorks, Inc. Software License Agreement
  mib/licenses/MATLAB_MCR_license.txt    - MATLAB Runtime (MCR) license

Licenses of the third-party packages bundled with MIB are stored next to those
packages in `mib/external/` (individual `*_license.txt` files and per-package
license files inside each package directory).


MIB source code (MIB for MATLAB)
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Licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 3 or (at your option)
any later version. In short, you may use, study, modify and redistribute the
source code, including for commercial purposes, provided that:

  - redistributed copies keep the copyright and license notices intact;
  - modified versions are marked as changed and are released, as a whole, under
    the GPL v3 as well, with their source code made available to recipients;
  - the software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY and the authors accept no
    liability for its use.

Running MIB from source additionally requires a valid MATLAB license from
MathWorks; MATLAB itself is not covered by the GPL and is not distributed with
MIB.

Full text: mib/licenses/LICENSE_MIB_for_MATLAB
Online:    https://mib.helsinki.fi/license.html


Compiled standalone MIB (Windows, macOS, Linux)
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The deployed binaries are built with MATLAB Compiler and ship with the MATLAB
Runtime. By using the standalone version you accept, in addition to the GPL v3
terms above:

  - the MATLAB Runtime (MCR) license, which permits installing and using the
    Runtime solely to run compiled applications such as MIB, and forbids
    modifying, reverse engineering or redistributing the Runtime on its own;
  - the applicable parts of the MathWorks, Inc. Software License Agreement;
  - NO COMMERCIAL USE: the standalone version is compiled under an Academic
    MATLAB license, therefore using these binaries for commercial purposes is
    prohibited. This restriction comes from the build toolchain, not from MIB;
    the source code itself remains GPL v3 and carries no such limitation.

The standalone version is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind.

Full text: mib/licenses/LICENSE_MIB_Standalone
Online:    https://mib.helsinki.fi/license_standalone.html


Third-party components
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MIB bundles external packages under their own licenses (BSD, MIT, GPL and
others). See `mib/external/` for the individual license files, and
https://mib.helsinki.fi/license_external.html for the summary.

Acknowledgements: https://mib.helsinki.fi/acknowledgements.html
