Software developed by 2BrightSparks Pte. Ltd. that is available as a download on our site is used under license. This means the client may use (and distribute evaluation copies) of our software, but the code and program remains under the copyright ownership of the original developers.
Software copyright is used by software companies to prevent the unauthorized copying of their software. Note that free and open source licenses also rely on copyright law to enforce their terms. For instance, copyleft licenses impose a duty on licensees to share their modifications to the copylefted work with the user or copy owner under some circumstances. No such duty would apply had the software in question been in the public domain.
"Copyleft" is a general method for making a program (or other work) free, and requiring all modified and extended versions of the program to be free as well.
Software developed by 2BrightSparks is copyrighted.
You may also be interested in reviewing our Terms and Conditions which includes information about distributing our software.