Wake CFD

Open-Source License Notice

Effective 2026-08-22

Wake CFD uses the third-party components listed below. Copyright in each component belongs to its respective owner, and the full license texts are included with the distributed build.

1. Components Included in the Product

  • METIS 5.1.0 — graph partitioning · Apache-2.0 (some files LGPL-2.1, see below)
  • KaHIP — graph partitioning · MIT
  • AMReX Parser — expression parser · BSD-3-Clause (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
  • Dear ImGui — debug UI · MIT
  • ImPlot — plotting UI · MIT
  • stb_image_write — image output · dual-licensed MIT / Public Domain
  • TecIO (Tecplot, Inc.) — Tecplot-format output · Tecplot proprietary license
  • NVIDIA AMGX derived code — algebraic multigrid · BSD-3-Clause

METIS 5.1.0 is Apache-2.0 as a whole, but the bundled GKlib contains files derived from the GNU C Library, and those files are subject to LGPL-2.1.

2. Components Linked Depending on Build Configuration

Whether these are actually linked depends on the distribution configuration.

  • spdlog — logging · MIT
  • nlohmann/json — JSON/JSONC parsing · MIT
  • yaml-cpp — YAML configuration · MIT
  • tabulate — console table output · MIT
  • Boost.Describe — schema generation · Boost Software License 1.0
  • HDF5 — file I/O · BSD-style (The HDF Group)
  • CGNS — mesh I/O · zlib-style
  • MPI implementations (OpenMPI, MPICH, and others) — parallel execution · varies by implementation (BSD-style)
  • CUDA Toolkit (cuBLAS and others) — GPU computation · NVIDIA End User License Agreement
  • Qt 6 — desktop GUI · commercial license

3. Referenced Only, With No Code Included

The software below was used only as a reference for formulations or verification figures. No source or binary from it is included or linked.

  • SU2 — reference for mathematical formulation
  • PyFR — reference for flux-reconstruction discretisation mathematics
  • CFL3D / FUN3D — reference figures for verification only
  • COOLFluiD — for analysis and comparison
  • foam-extend — for cross-checking formulations

4. Full License Texts

The full license texts and copyright notices for the components above can be found in the notice files included with the distributed build. If you require a separate copy, please request one at [email protected].