Using a runtime in a framework

kpulv

Quick question! I develop a C# framework that is open source, and I was working on including spine animations as one of the ready-to-go graphic types. However, I'm unsure if I'm allowed to do this according to the licensing. I was using the C# runtime, but I've since removed it because it looks like you're not allowed to use the runtime unless you've purchased Spine... so there's no way for me to know if anyone using my framework has Spine, so it looks like I can't include any built in Spine support at all.

Am I understanding this correctly? Is there no way for me to include a Spine animation renderer in my framework for people to use if they don't actually own Spine? If that is the case, are there any alternative solutions for this?

Thanks!

Nate

If you include the Spine runtimes in your project, you'll need to include the Spine Runtimes license. This says that the runtimes can't be used unless Spine is licensed. Most likely you don't want this to apply to your whole project, so what you can do is to make the part of your project that uses the Spine runtimes separate from the rest of your project. This way the Spine Runtimes license only applies to that part, and it is clear to your users that using that part requires a Spine license.

Sorry for the hassle. 🙁 We had to make the runtimes license work that way to prevent a competitor from writing an alternate tool that benefits from all of Spine's runtimes. As unlikely as that may or may not be, we have to cover our bases.