Licenses

Last updated: January 2025

Open Source Licenses

15minutes uses various open source libraries and frameworks. We are grateful to the open source community for their contributions. Below are the licenses for the third-party software we use:

Tailwind CSS

License: MIT License

Copyright: © 2022 Tailwind Labs Inc.

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.

Alpine.js

License: MIT License

Copyright: © 2019-2021 Caleb Porzio and contributors

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.

Google Fonts

Fonts Used: Poppins, DM Sans

License: SIL Open Font License 1.1

These fonts are licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1. This license allows the fonts to be used, studied, modified and redistributed freely.

Content Licenses

Book Summaries

Our book summaries are original content created by our team of writers and editors. These summaries are based on publicly available books and are created under fair use principles for educational purposes. We respect the intellectual property rights of all authors and publishers.

User-Generated Content

By submitting content to 15minutes, users grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, modify, and distribute their content in connection with our service.

Image and Media Licenses

Stock Images

Images used on our platform are either:

  • Licensed from stock photo providers (Unsplash, Pexels, etc.)
  • Created by our design team
  • Used with permission from copyright holders
  • In the public domain

Icons

Heroicons: MIT License

Copyright: © 2020 Refactoring UI Inc.

Icons are provided under the MIT License and can be used freely in both personal and commercial projects.

API and Service Licenses

Third-Party Services

We use various third-party services that have their own terms and licenses:

  • Payment processing services
  • Analytics services
  • Email delivery services
  • Content delivery networks

MIT License Template

MIT License

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.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about these licenses or believe that any content on our platform infringes your intellectual property rights, please contact us at [email protected]

Attribution

We believe in giving credit where credit is due. If you notice any missing attributions or have concerns about the use of your work, please reach out to us and we will address the issue promptly.