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<p align="center">
<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zeroc-ice/ice/3.7/.github/assets/ice-banner.svg" height="150" width="150" />
</p>

[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/zeroc-ice/ice](https://badges.gitter.im/zeroc-ice/ice.svg)][gitter]
[![GPLv2](https://img.shields.io/github/license/zeroc-ice/ice?color=red)][GPLv2]
[![Static Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Commercial-blue)][Commercial]

# The Ice framework

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- Configuration ([Ice Properties][properties])
- Logging ([Ice Logger][logger])
- Instrumentation and metrics ([IceMX][icemx])
- Pub-sub ([IceStorm][icestorm])
- Pub-sub ([IceStorm][icestorm], [DataStorm][datastorm])
- Server deployment, replication and monitoring ([IceGrid][icegrid])
- Session management and firewall traversal ([Glacier2][glacier2])
- Application gateway ([Glacier2][glacier2])

The Ice API is defined almost entirely using Slice; as a result, it is essentially the same in all programming
languages.
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Copyright &copy; ZeroC, Inc., with very few exceptions.

As copyright owner, ZeroC can license Ice under different license terms, and offers the following licenses for Ice:
- GPL v2, a popular open-source license with strong [copyleft][copyleft] conditions (the default license)
- [GPLv2], a popular open-source license with strong [copyleft][copyleft] conditions (the default license)
- Commercial or closed-source licenses

If you license Ice under GPL v2, there is no license fee or signed license agreement: you just need to comply with the
GPL v2 terms and conditions. See [ICE_LICENSE](ICE_LICENSE) and [LICENSE](LICENSE) for further information.
If you license Ice under GPLv2, there is no license fee or signed license agreement: you just need to comply with the
GPLv2 terms and conditions. ZeroC also grants a few [exceptions](ICE_LICENSE) to the GPLv2 terms and conditions.

If you purchase a commercial or closed-source license for Ice, you must comply with the terms and conditions listed in
the associated license agreement; the GPL v2 terms and conditions do not apply.
the associated license agreement; the GPLv2 terms and conditions do not apply.

The Ice software itself remains the same: the only difference between an open-source Ice and a commercial Ice are the
license terms.

[Commercial]: https://zeroc.com/ice/pricing
[copyleft]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
[datastorm]: https://doc.zeroc.com/datastorm/latest/introduction
[docs]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7
[downloads]: https://zeroc.com/downloads/ice
[examples]: https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice-demos
[gitter]: https://gitter.im/zeroc-ice/ice?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge
[glacier2]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/ice-services/glacier2
[GPLv2]: https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice/blob/3.7/LICENSE
[ice-repo]: https://github.com/zeroc-ice/ice
[icegrid]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/ice-services/icegrid
[icemx]: https://doc.zeroc.com/ice/3.7/administration-and-diagnostics/administrative-facility/the-metrics-facet
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