Licensing

SMILE library is a commercial product that requires a development license to use. There are two types of development licenses: Academic and Commercial. Academic license is free of charge for research and teaching use by those users affiliated with an academic institution. All other use requires a commercial license, available for purchase from BayesFusion, LLC.

Deployment of SMILE library, i.e., embedding it into user programs, requires a deployment license. There are two types of deployment licenses: Server license, which allows a program linked with SMILE to be deployed on a computer server, and end-user program license, which allows distribution of user programs that include SMILE. Please contact BayesFusion, LLC, for details of the licenses and pricing.

The licensing system is implemented as two variables (DSL_LIC1 and DSL_LIC2), which must be declared and initialized in order to successfully link your program with SMILE. The definitions for these variables are included in your license key header file (usually smile_license.h). The license key header file is not included in SMILE distribution, it is personalized by BayesFusion, LLC, for you or your organization. Six-month academic and free 30-day evaluation license keys can be obtained directly at https://download.bayesfusion.com.

Six-month academic license should be sufficient for most coursework. If you need SMILE Academic for a research project and would like a longer license, please email us at support@bayesfusion.com from your university email account.