# Distributing FMOD headers

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/distributing-fmod-headers/21708>\
**Category:** FMOD Engine\
**Created:** [June 5, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/distributing-fmod-headers/21708 "2024-06-05T04:03:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Speak4Erase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Speak4Erase](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Speak4Erase)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 4:03am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/distributing-fmod-headers/21708/1 "2024-06-05T04:03:00Z")

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I’m making a wrapper library around FMOD. Currently I’m not distributing any FMOD headers, shared libraries, etc, but I’d like to distribute the FMOD headers.  
Am I allowed to do that?

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**Author:** ![brett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/brett/32/261_2.png) [@brett](https://qa.fmod.com/u/brett)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 11:58pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/distributing-fmod-headers/21708/2 "2024-06-05T23:58:58Z")

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hi ,  
In some cases you can distribute lib/dll and header, just no other files like examples/documentation.

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**Author:** ![brett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/brett/32/261_2.png) [@brett](https://qa.fmod.com/u/brett)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 12:56am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/distributing-fmod-headers/21708/3 "2024-06-06T00:56:18Z")

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Note that if this is for an engine / toolkit that is intended to used by third parties this is not allowed without the relevant license and permission which you can talk about at [sales@fmod.com](mailto:sales@fmod.com)  
The FMOD engine is not supposed to be a stand alone download via a 3rd party and used outside of our licensing model by other users.

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**Author:** ![Speak4Erase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@Speak4Erase](https://qa.fmod.com/u/Speak4Erase)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/distributing-fmod-headers/21708/4 "2024-06-11T00:37:56Z")

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I’m not sure I understand?  
The engine (libfmod.so/fmod.dll) is not allowed to be distributed, but headers (fmod.h, fmod\_common.h) are?

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**Author:** ![brett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/brett/32/261_2.png) [@brett](https://qa.fmod.com/u/brett)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/distributing-fmod-headers/21708/5 "2024-06-11T00:54:12Z")

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You can distribute fmod dll / so as part of an application.

The headers are part of the SDK, and cannot be distributed. In some cases they can, but require a redistribution license. For open source you would instruct users to download fmod themselves. We do not want recompilable versions of fmod available from non [fmod.com](http://fmod.com) sources for quality control/support purposes.