# What is Aseprite's stance on commercial server-side usage for file conversion?
**URL:** https://community.aseprite.org/t/what-is-aseprites-stance-on-commercial-server-side-usage-for-file-conversion/28691
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [August 17, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/what-is-aseprites-stance-on-commercial-server-side-usage-for-file-conversion/28691 "2026-08-17T11:20:51Z")
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### Author:  [@Uncommented](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Uncommented)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 11:20am UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/what-is-aseprites-stance-on-commercial-server-side-usage-for-file-conversion/28691/1 "2026-08-17T11:20:52Z")
Good morning Aseprite community,
I have a licensing question; **is it acceptable to terminate a file conversion endpoint with logic that takes an upload .ase and runs the exporter cli as a step**? I ask because I have a compact animation format that uses protobuf to make Aseprite exports easier to ship around, and I’d really like to make the level editor I’m building ingest Aseprite files directly from a user experience perspective.
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### Author:  [@dacap](https://community.aseprite.org/u/dacap)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/what-is-aseprites-stance-on-commercial-server-side-usage-for-file-conversion/28691/2 "2026-08-18T13:54:01Z")
Hi @Uncommented, it might be depend on the specific use case because some code is protected under the EULA. If in your case is to decode (or encode) `.aseprite` files, it shouldn’t be a problem, but contact me at [david@igara.com](mailto:david@igara.com) with the details about your commercial service, so I can give you an OK via email (and you can keep record of the license usage).
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### Author:  [@Uncommented](https://community.aseprite.org/u/Uncommented)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://community.aseprite.org/t/what-is-aseprites-stance-on-commercial-server-side-usage-for-file-conversion/28691/3 "2026-08-18T14:26:54Z")
Done! Thanks for following up. We’re parsing the file format for import into a more compact format called protosprite.