Figma Community copyright and licensing
Community resource licenses vary by resource type and if that resource is free or paid. See a breakdown of our different licenses below:
Files
Free files
Free files are published under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. This isn't a public domain license. Creators may choose to license a file under additional license types in addition to CC by 4.0.
CC by 4.0 means that free files can be shared and adapted for any purpose, including commercial purposes:
- Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material.
Under CC BY 4.0, Community members need to give credit to the original creator.
Paid files
Paid files are published under the Community Paid Resource License. Creators may not offer commercial files under any other terms.
In addition to the rights and restrictions set forth in the Community Paid Resource License, Users that purchase a paid file may:
- Share the file contents with up to five team members
- Incorporate the files contents into unlimited outputs (designs, applications, websites, etc.) Any output must be significantly different than the original files contents, require time, effort, and skill to produce, and not derive its primary value from the file contents itself.
Users may not resell or redistribute the file other than as allowed above.
Note: The free preview content included in paid Figma Design files is licensed under CC BY 4.0 as covered in the Free files section above.
Plugins
Free plugins
By default, free plugins are published under the Community Free Resource License. Creators may choose to supplement or replace the Community Free Resource License with their own licensing terms.
Under the Community Free Resource License, the plugin may be ran in files that will be used for any purpose. Users may not resell or redistribute the plugin.
Additional terms may apply if the creator has supplemented or replaced the Community Paid Resource License. If you have questions about what the license allows, reach out to the plugin’s creator.
Paid plugins
Paid plugins are published under the Community Paid Resource License. Creators may choose to supplement the Community Paid Resource License with their own licensing terms. Under the Community Paid Resource License, the plugin may be ran in files that will be used for any purpose. Users may not resell, redistribute, or copy the plugin.
Additional terms may apply if the creator has supplemented the Community Paid Resource License. If you have questions about what the license allows, reach out to the plugin’s creator.
Widgets
Free widgets
By default, free widgets are published under the Community Free Resource License. Creators may choose to supplement or replace the Community Free Resource License with their own licensing terms.
Under the Community Free Resource License, widgets may be run in files that will be used for any purpose. Users may not resell or redistribute the widget.
Additional terms may apply if the creator has supplemented or replaced the Community Paid Resource License. If you have questions about what the license allows, reach out to the widget’s creator.
Paid widgets
Paid widgets are published under the Community Paid Resource License. Creators may choose to supplement the Community Paid Resource License with their own licensing terms. Under the Community Paid Resource License, the widget may be ran in files that will be used for any purpose. Users may not resell, redistribute, or copy the widget.
Additional terms may apply if the creator has supplemented the Community Paid Resource License. If you have questions about what the license allows, reach out to the widget’s creator.
File remixes
To help with attribution, Figma tracks every time a Community member duplicates a file. This allows us to trace duplicated files back to the original creator.
Remixes are files that have been published to the Community that originally came from another Community file.
When you remix a file Figma will:
- Add an attribution to the file page to show the original file and creator
- Add this file to the Remixes section of the original file page.
Note: Figma only tracks immediate connections between files. This includes attributions to the parent file on a remixed file, and any direct remixes on the original file page.
Report a violation
Outside of published remixes, Figma isn't able to track files to ensure appropriate attribution. If you notice that someone is not meeting these requirements, please contact us at content-reviews@figma.com.
