What Are My Rights When Using DotNetNuke?

Licensing

DotNetNuke is provided free, as open-source software, and licensed under a BSD-style agreement.  The licensing agreement reads as follows: 

DotNetNuke® - http://www.dotnetnuke.com
Copyright (c) 2002-2008
by DotNetNuke Corporation

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.

Logos and Trademarks


Our Logo Guidelines enable DotNetNuke community members and affiliates to create communications materials that present a single, strong, instantly recognizable logo brand for DotNetNuke.

Please read the Logo Guidelines here.

Our trademark policy attempts to balance two competing interests: our need to ensure that our trademarks remain reliable indicators of quality and security; and our desire to permit community members, software distributors and others with which we work to discuss our products and to accurately describe their affiliation with us.  Current trademarks include DotNetNuke® and DNN®.

Please read the Trademark Guidelines here.

Representation

The DotNetNuke® Corporation is represented by partner Mark F. Radcliffe, a partner at the Silicon Valley law firm of DLA Piper.

Read "DotNetNuke® Corporation Retains DLA Piper Attorney Radcliffe as Legal Counsel"