LiveDSP is distributed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3) — see the LICENSE file. That choice is required by the (copyleft) dependencies below. The project uses the components listed here; each under the terms of its own license.
| Component | Version | License | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| JUCE | 8.0.4 | GPLv3 (or commercial) | Used under the GPLv3 option. |
| Steinberg ASIO SDK | 2.3 | GPLv3 (or proprietary) | Used and redistributed under the GPLv3 option. |
| NeuralAmpModelerCore | — | MIT | |
| Eigen | (with NAM) | MPL2 (+ some files Apache/BSD) | |
| nlohmann/json | (with NAM) | MIT |
LiveDSP links the GPL components above (JUCE under its GPLv3 option, ASIO SDK GPLv3). Therefore the complete, distributed application is released under the terms of GPLv3: the corresponding source code is available in the project's public repository (https://github.com/akela91/LiveDSP).
The "ASIO" name and the Steinberg ASIO logos are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH and are not covered by the GPL. LiveDSP:
- does not use the word "ASIO" in the product or company name;
- does not redistribute the Steinberg ASIO logo artwork (which is therefore not in the repository either);
- displays "ASIO" only in a product-feature context (the audio-driver selector), in the spirit of the Steinberg ASIO Usage Guidelines.
ASIO4ALL (© Michael Tippach) is not part of the LiveDSP source and is not linked into it. The installer does not bundle it; it only offers to open the official download page. ASIO4ALL is distributed under the terms of its own freeware license.
The NAM captures and impulse responses are data files, not part of the program; they are covered by their own (sometimes commercial) licenses, which are independent of LiveDSP's GPLv3 license. They are neither version-controlled nor shipped with the app.