Academic Use

OMNEST^TM is the commercial version of the OMNeT++ simulation framework, one of the most popular simulators at universities worlwide. OMNeT++ is used as a research and teaching tool, and there are many OMNeT++-based open-source simulation models and model frameworks released by various groups. OMNeT++ has its own web site at www.omnetpp.org.

OMNeT++ is free for non-commercial activities, and it is released under the Academic Public License.

Do I qualify as a non-commercial user?

If you are a student or university lecturer and OMNeT++ is used in teaching, then it qualifies as non-commercial activity. If you are doing research with OMNEST^TM/OMNeT++ (whether at a university, research institute or company), then the deciding factor is whether the results will be publicly available (i.e. published in a journal or presented at a public conference), or will be used in the creation of a commercial product. For a more detailed description please check the Licensing FAQ. We reserve the right to make final judgment on this issue in any specific case.

Academic Public License

This license provides non-commercial users of OMNeT++ with rights that are similar to the GNU General Public License. You are allowed to copy, modify and redistribute copies of OMNeT++ as long as you stay non-commercial. The license ensures that if you decide to use OMNeT++ for research or in teaching, you will always have OMNeT++ to back it, whatever happens to our company. The full text of the license can be read on omnetpp.org.