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About Thorium Reader

Funding & Sponsorship
EDRLab is a non-profit organization working on the development of open-source software, in particular on the Readium project and on Thorium Reader, a free and highly accessible reading application for desktop computers. Because all software we create is free and open-source, and because developing reading apps is really complex, your sponsorship is needed. Easiest ways to participate in funding and sponsorship are: Make a small recurring donation via Github Sponsor Enlist your organisation as an EDRLab member We are also glad to consider project based funding, for so, contact us!
Terms of use
Thorium Reader Terms of use have moved to a dedicated webpage. You will be redirected to it.
Privacy Policy
Thorium Reader Privacy Policy have moved to a dedicated webpage. You will be redirected to it.
Credits for Thorium Reader
Thorium Reader is currently developed by: Daniel Weck, lead developer. Pierre Leroux, developer. Arthur Le Meur, developer The UX and UI of Thorium 3 was designed by Mylène Boyrie Several other developers have helped making Thorium what it is today: Simon Le Roux, UI designer. Cyrille Lebeaupin, CEO of noop.fr, senior developer. Jiminy Panoz, creator of Readium CSS. Léo Stéfani, node.js, React developer. Manuel Lagrand, intern, node.js developer. Who is financing this app EDRLab is a non-profit organization.
Licence for Thorium Reader
The Thorium-reader application is open-source, released under a BSD 3 license. It is based on the open-source Readium Desktop toolkit Licensed to the Readium Foundation under one or more contributor license agreements. BSD 3-Clause License Copyright (c) 2017, EDRLab All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

1 - Funding & Sponsorship

EDRLab is a non-profit organization working on the development of open-source software, in particular on the Readium project and on Thorium Reader, a free and highly accessible reading application for desktop computers.

Because all software we create is free and open-source, and because developing reading apps is really complex, your sponsorship is needed.

Easiest ways to participate in funding and sponsorship are:

We are also glad to consider project based funding, for so, contact us!

2 - Terms of use

Thorium Reader Terms of use have moved to a dedicated webpage. You will be redirected to it.

3 - Privacy Policy

Thorium Reader Privacy Policy have moved to a dedicated webpage. You will be redirected to it.

4 - Credits for Thorium Reader

Thorium Reader is currently developed by:

  • Daniel Weck, lead developer.
  • Pierre Leroux, developer.
  • Arthur Le Meur, developer

The UX and UI of Thorium 3 was designed by Mylène Boyrie

Several other developers have helped making Thorium what it is today:

  • Simon Le Roux, UI designer.
  • Cyrille Lebeaupin, CEO of noop.fr, senior developer.
  • Jiminy Panoz, creator of Readium CSS.
  • Léo Stéfani, node.js, React developer.
  • Manuel Lagrand, intern, node.js developer.

Who is financing this app

EDRLab is a non-profit organization. Our budget essentially originates from our members. EDRLab started in France, but is now counting 60 members from Europe, North America, South America and Asia.

This project would have not seen the light without:

1- The financial implication of our founding members: Editis, Hachette Livre, Magrigall, Media-Participations, Cercle de la Librarie, Syndicat national de l'Edition. They understand that financing open-standards and open-source is the best way to energize an open and innovative market for the publishing industry.

2- Financial grants from the following French public organizations:

  • CNL (Centre National du livre)
  • Ministère de la Culture

3- Additional grants from EDRLab members interested by the addition of specific features:

  • Fênix Editorial, Brazil
  • Canadian Electronic library, Canada
  • MLOL / Horizons Unlimited, Italy
  • Lyrasis, USA

5 - Licence for Thorium Reader

The Thorium-reader application is open-source, released under a BSD 3 license. It is based on the open-source Readium Desktop toolkit Licensed to the Readium Foundation under one or more contributor license agreements.

BSD 3-Clause License

Copyright (c) 2017, EDRLab All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

  • Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

  • Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.