License

Gradient-Free-Optimizers is released under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019-present Simon Blanke

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.

What This Means

The MIT License is a permissive open-source license. You can:

Use the software freely

For commercial or non-commercial purposes.

Modify the software

Adapt it to your needs.

Distribute the software

Share it with others or include it in your projects.

Sublicense the software

Include it in proprietary software.

Requirements:

  • Include the copyright notice and license text in copies

  • The software is provided “as is” without warranty

Third-Party Licenses

GFO depends on other open-source libraries:

NumPy

BSD 3-Clause License

Pandas

BSD 3-Clause License

scikit-learn (optional)

BSD 3-Clause License

tqdm (optional)

MIT License / Mozilla Public License 2.0

These dependencies have their own licenses, which are compatible with GFO’s MIT license.

Full License Text

The complete license is available in the repository: LICENSE

Questions?

If you have questions about licensing or commercial use: