# WDTC - How much am I allowed to copy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Widget Development Tool Chain\ **Tags:** wdtc, wdtc-widget\ **Created:** [March 3, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-how-much-am-i-allowed-to-copy/10352 "2026-03-03T07:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johan.dehn](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/johan.dehn/32/269_2.png) [@johan.dehn](https://community.br-automation.com/u/johan.dehn)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 7:19am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-how-much-am-i-allowed-to-copy/10352/1 "2026-03-03T07:19:25Z")
Hi Community, I would like to copy the code from any WDTC base widget to build a new one based on teh code produced by B&R. Am I allowed copy anything and use in my own widgets without any copyrights or similar issues using the WDTC? I would like to take the base of a trend widget and make my own solution based on the existing, that by copying the base class of the existing company. Does any one know? ---
**Author:** ![florent.boissadier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/FF8800/32.png) [@florent.boissadier](https://community.br-automation.com/u/florent.boissadier)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 10:30am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-how-much-am-i-allowed-to-copy/10352/2 "2026-03-03T10:30:42Z")
Hi @johan.dehn I don’t know about the actual legal aspect about the brease widget library. For example for repository [GitHub - br-automation-community/mappView-CustomWidgets: Collection of new and modified mappView widgets](https://github.com/br-automation-community/mappView-CustomWidgets) we edited existing widget to add features. I want to add something that could help you with dependencies of widgets From this [Inheriting advanced widgets](https://community.br-automation.com/t/inheriting-advanced-widgets/7738) I have a python script to copy paste widget with the dependencies: [GitHub - FBoissadier/WDTC\_InherateWidget](https://github.com/FBoissadier/WDTC_InherateWidget) Hope this could help! Regards, Florent ---
**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/1X/a202d64f0f03e22a662ed33fbbca6879f1efb794.jpeg) [@system](https://community.br-automation.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2026, 10:43am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-how-much-am-i-allowed-to-copy/10352/3 "2026-03-18T10:43:58Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/original/1X/a202d64f0f03e22a662ed33fbbca6879f1efb794.jpeg) [@system](https://community.br-automation.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 10:46am UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-how-much-am-i-allowed-to-copy/10352/4 "2026-04-02T10:46:08Z")
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**Author:** ![Paddern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/FF8800/32.png) [@Paddern](https://community.br-automation.com/u/Paddern)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-how-much-am-i-allowed-to-copy/10352/5 "2026-04-02T12:31:39Z")
I don’t understand the topic… A B&R employee asks the community if he can use B&R property, while the B&R forum algorithm keeps bumping the topic to the top until the community provides an answer that only B&R can answer? ---
**Author:** ![marcusbnr](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/brcommunity/user_avatar/community.br-automation.com/marcusbnr/32/256_2.png) [@marcusbnr](https://community.br-automation.com/u/marcusbnr)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.br-automation.com/t/wdtc-how-much-am-i-allowed-to-copy/10352/6 "2026-04-02T18:49:06Z")
I’ve marked Florent’s answer as the solution as this post has been inactive for some time. Feel free to reopen if further discussion is required. @Paddern thanks for catching this; we mark posts as solved once they become inactive or reach a point where the Community is unable to help. The forum automatically bumps posts that are unsolved every 15 days; it unfortunately does not know the context behind the posts.