p>This chapter specifies the licenses for the libraries on which Stan’s math library, language, and algorithms depend. The last tool mentioned, Google Test, is only used for testing and is not needed to run Stan.</p>
<section id="stan-license" class="level2">
<h2 class="anchored" data-anchor-id="stan-license">Stan license</h2>
<p>Stan is distributed under</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause">BSD 3-clause license (BSD New)</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The copyright holder of each con