Does Google Test and Gmock need license fee for commercial use?

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Zhou Chao

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Sep 11, 2015, 10:37:27 AM9/11/15

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Dear,

Currently, I am working on a report regarding the C++ unit test tool evaluation, including the google test C++ framework. This framework is open-source, which is quite exciting, but I cannot find the price it will cost if it is for commercial use. Will it be free(no license fee or things like that) to use and is there any other restrictions for us to use it commercially?

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Chao Zhou

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Matthew Woehlke

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Sep 11, 2015, 11:32:02 AM9/11/15

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On 2015-09-11 00:07, Zhou Chao wrote:
> Currently, I am working on a report regarding the C++ unit
> test tool evaluation, including the google test C++ framework. This
> framework is open-source, which is quite exciting, but I cannot find the
> price it will cost if it is for commercial use.

Please actually read the license¹. It should answer your questions.

(¹ http://code.google.com/p/googletest/source/browse/trunk/LICENSE)

> Will it be free(no license fee or things like that) to use and is
> there any other restrictions for us to use it commercially?