Matroska has several components that are licensed in different
ways to maximize it's software and hardware adoption.
Cost
There is no cost to use the components as long as you respect the license it is released under.
Commercial Products
To help Matroska evolve we do encourage companies that release commercial hardware or software products that use Matroska or EBML to become a sponsor. In exchange for your sponsorship, we allow the sponsor to use the Matroska logo's and trademarks in packaging, physical products, promotional material, and on their websites.
To find out more information, see the Sponsors section.
| Component |
Description |
License |
| LibEBML | A simplified binary extension of XML for the purpose of storing and manipulating data in a hierarchical form with variable field lengths. | LGPL |
| LibEBML2 | Another EBML parser with a similar interface to libEBML but written in C and under the BSD license. | BSD |
| LibMatroska | A C++ libary to parse Matroska files, it requires libEBML or libEBML2. | LGPL |
| Core C | A CoreCodec project that creates a low level API layer for the C programming language. | BSD |
Cost
There is no cost to use the components as long as you respect the license it is released under.
Commercial Products
To help Matroska evolve we do encourage companies that release commercial hardware or software products that use Matroska or EBML to become a sponsor. In exchange for your sponsorship, we allow the sponsor to use the Matroska logo's and trademarks in packaging, physical products, promotional material, and on their websites.
To find out more information, see the Sponsors section.