OMNEST™ is the commercial version of the OMNeT++ simulation framework, which is one of the most popular simulators at universities worldwide. 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 website at www.omnetpp.org.

OMNeT++ is free for non-commercial activities and 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 conducting research with OMNEST™/OMNeT++ (whether at a university, research institute, or company), the deciding factor is whether the results will be publicly available (i.e., published in a journal or presented at a public conference), or used in the creation of a commercial product. For a more detailed description, please check the Licensing FAQ. We reserve the right to make the final judgment on this issue in any specific case.

Academic Public License

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