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Copyright Notice & Intellectual Property Policy

Official Project Statement

Animora is an open-source Python animation framework created and maintained by Himanshu Jadhav.

The official Animora project is maintained and distributed through:

Copyright © 2026 Himanshu Jadhav

  • Creator & Maintainer: Animora was created by Himanshu Jadhav.
  • Original Work: The original source code, architecture, visual layouts, templates, and documentation of Animora are protected by copyright law and belong to Himanshu Jadhav as the author and creator of the original work.
  • Future Contributions: Independent contributors retain copyright in their own original contributions submitted to the repository, while granting the Animora project the necessary rights to distribute their contributions under the project's open-source license.

To ensure clarity for developers, users, and contributors, Animora distinguishes between three distinct concepts:

┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                   ANIMORA                                   │
├───────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┤
│       COPYRIGHT       │           LICENSE           │     NAME & BRAND      │
├───────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼───────────────────────┤
│ • Protects original   │ • MIT License               │ • Identifies official │
│   creative expression │ • Grants broad permissions  │   project provenance  │
│ • Belongs to author / │   (use, fork, modify, sell) │ • Prevents misleading │
│   contributors        │ • Requires attribution      │   or confusing use    │
│ • Does not transfer   │ • Preserves warranty and    │ • Covered by separate │
│   upon forking        │   liability disclaimers     │   policy              │
└───────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
  1. Copyright: Protects original software code, documentation, and design expression from unauthorized copying outside the terms of the applicable license.
  2. Software License (MIT): Defines the legal permissions granted to users.
  3. Project Name & Branding: Identifies the authentic origin of the software so users know whether they are interacting with the official Animora release. For details on how the name and branding may be referenced, see Brand & Trademark Policy.

Open Source Permissions & Forking

The Animora source code is released under the permissive MIT License. Under this license, anyone is free to:

  • Use Animora for personal, academic, educational, or commercial projects.
  • Fork the repository, modify the source code, and experiment with new features.
  • Create and distribute derivative works or packages based on the codebase.
  • Bundle Animora into applications or services.

Conditions of Use:

  • The copyright notice (Copyright (c) 2026 Himanshu Jadhav) and the permission notice must be retained in all substantial portions of the software.
  • Forking or modifying the source code does not transfer copyright ownership of the underlying original Animora code to the downstream modifier.
  • When creating forks or redistributing modified versions, please follow the naming and attribution guidelines described in Brand & Trademark Policy so users can distinguish the official project from independent derivatives.