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This page contains credits and copyright information related to V-Ray for 3ds Max.

##  **V-Ray for 3ds Max Copyright notice** 

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Copyright 2025, Chaos Software. Portions contributed and copyright held by others as indicated. All rights reserved.

V-Ray official site:  [http://www.chaos.com/](http://www.chaos.com/)


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## **7-Zip**

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7-Zip Copyright (C) 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov.

The licenses for files are:

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- The "GNU LGPL" as main license for most of the code  
- The "GNU LGPL" with "unRAR license restriction" for some code  
- The "BSD 3-clause License" for some code  
2) All other files: the "GNU LGPL".

Redistributions in binary form must reproduce related license information from this file.

Note:  
You can use 7-Zip on any computer, including a computer in a commercial organization. You don't need to register or pay for 7-Zip.

  
**GNU LGPL information**  
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This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You can receive a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License from [http://www.gnu.org/](http://www.gnu.org/)