Reference
Third-Party Licenses
The open-source projects MoltenVR builds on, including ALVR, PyroWave, Sparkle, OpenXR, DXMT and Inversa, with license notices.MoltenVR builds on several open-source projects. The notices for everything bundled with the app ship inside it at Contents/Resources/THIRD_PARTY_LICENSES.md. The main projects:
Streaming core used for ALVR mode, which streams to ALVR's own headset client. Licensed under the MIT License.
PyroWaveThe optional low-latency video codec for USB streaming. Licensed under the MIT License.
SparkleChecks for, verifies and installs MoltenVR updates. Licensed under the MIT License.
Khronos OpenXROpenXR headers and the official loader that MoltenVR's runtime works with. Licensed under Apache 2.0.
OpenCompositeDownloaded on first use to translate OpenVR games onto OpenXR. Not bundled. Licensed under the GPLv3.
WinetricksDownloaded on first use to install Windows components into Wine. Not bundled. Licensed under the LGPL 2.1.
DXMTTranslates Direct3D to Metal for Windows games running through Wine.
InversaRuns Linux builds of games on macOS. Licensed under the GPL-3.0.
ALVR Full License Text
Copyright (c) 2018-2019 polygraphene
Copyright (c) 2020-2024 alvr-org
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.