Questions tagged [mit]
Use this tag for questions pertaining to the MIT/Expat license or the MIT/X11 license.
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Is attribution required for server-side usage of MIT-licensed library?
I'm writing an ASP.NET application which is deployed to virtual machines running on Microsoft Azure and customers access using their browser. The virtual machines are under my control and customers ...
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Can different parts of a project be under different licenses?
I have a personal project (in C++) I've been working on that I'm thinking of putting on Git hub. I'm finding the question of picking an appropriate license quite daunting. Part of the project is an ...
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What license to use for GitHub repository containing trademark/copyright protected images?
I just can't seem to find an answer to this.
Normally I assign MIT License to all of my GitHub repositories, but so far they have only included code that I have personally written. I think that MIT ...
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Using MIT/Apache License 2.0 project in a SaaS product, Limitations from its dependencies
I have a specific question with respect to using a project which is licensed under MIT/Apache 2.0 in a SAAS product (proprietary). The open source project have multiple dependencies, if any of the ...
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Can I change the license of a forked project from LGPLv3 to MIT?
I have forked a project with LGPLv3 license and I did there a lot of changes.
Can I distribute a new version under the MIT license?
Or only the possibility is to write the code from "scratch"?
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Can I make a JS Library license 'MIT' if the JS library includes a paid commercial license
I purchased a single developer license for CanvasJS.
Here is the CanvasJS License:
https://canvasjs.com/eula/chart/
I used the library to create my library which is for a specific factory automation ...
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GPL-3.0 library in MIT project
I'm working on a project comprised of a small HTML page and a JavaScript script.
From the HTML page I include a library which is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0, and from my script ...
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Etiquette for incorporating someone else's MIT code in my GPL project?
I'm relatively new to open source, esp. in terms of collaboration, etiquette, etc. I am working on an open source library in the scientific/numerical programming domain, licensed under GPL.
There are ...
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MIT Licensed web app - can I enforce copyright header at the top of the main html in derivative works?
I'm considering releasing a software product under MIT license. It's a complete front-end web application, that users would self-host.
There are 3 parts to the application: index.html (a simple file ...
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Can someone fork my GPL licensed project and re-license it under MIT or BSD?
I want all the people who link to my software should also release their code under GPL. But what if someone forked it and attempted to relicense it under the MIT, BSD, Apache, or LGPL licenses? Can I ...
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LICENSE file required?
When creating a new Gatsby site with gatsby new gatsby-site, there exists the file LICENSE.
LICENSE
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015 gatsbyjs
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, ...
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Should I add a licence to a Python3 script when putting it on GitHub?
I have written a script on python3. It is fairly simple it converts one biological sequence format of text file to another.
I am adding it to GitHub and was wondering if I should and need add a ...
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Including MIT license in art created by generative adversarial network
Say that I were to try to sell a piece of art generated by a generative adversarial network (GAN) created by someone else on GitHub which has an MIT License. The MIT License states that this GAN can ...
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Can I put project using premium theme on github as public?
I am not very familiar with github and license copyright. I purchase metronic admin dashboard theme and built one project using it. So can I put this project on github as public so that others will be ...
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Upstream re-licensing project from GPL-3.0 to MIT allowed?
Wappalyzer has recently been re-licensed to MIT; however, it was previously licensed under GPLv3.
I had opened an issue to clarify whether it was GPL-3.0-or-only, or GPL-3.0-or-later before this ...
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Can one resell any Bootstrap template because of the MIT licence?
The MIT licence contains
Permission is hereby granted,[..] to sell copies of the Software
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial ...
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Use of GPL software with proprietary network program
I am working on a distributed computing project. The client for this project uses Twisted (MIT licensed) to communicate with the server. The client will locally invoke a PARI/GP (GPL licensed) script ...
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Are Apache 2.0- and MIT-licensed components open source?
I am using a software with components marked as Apache 2.0 and MIT license. Are they considered as open source components, also are they redistributable?
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Rebranding existing library under MIT
I bit of background: When I was working in my previous company I came up with an idea to extract all some generic functionality from the different projects and create open source library (MIT) from ...
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MIT-licensed app without the source code
There is one very cool app on GitHub, under the MIT license. However, for some reason, the author has not published the source code, only binaries.
Is it allowed under the MIT license to provide ...
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Questions about MIT license for a Unity video game
I'm thinking of creating an open source Unity video game. I checked this page to have an overview of the MIT license. But there are still some things that are not very clear to me:
If someone want to ...
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How to handle a project with both MIT and BSD-3 licence
I have forked an open source project after the original maintainer has not responded for almost a year.
The original developer left things in a bit of a mess however, and while there is a LICENCE file ...
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Question about MIT licensed library
I use MIT licensed library in program when I publish it how do I create copyright notice for it because I already created LICENSE.md file with license for my project. Note: I didn't edit libraries ...
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How to show MIT License on Icons
I want to use some icons on some links in the footer of my website, such as these. They are under the MIT license. These icons are files by themselves, so I cannot just add the MIT license at the top ...
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Which open source license should I use to allow forks but oblige people to credit me? [closed]
I have several open source projects. I'm fine with people making forks or using them as pluings/libraries for their commercial products. I only want to make sure that I will be credited as the ...
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What happens when a MIT licensed project uses Apache 2.0 drivers to connect to GPLv3 databases?
I'm working on a SaaS medical research startup project with a MIT license. The goal is for the source to be open (because then customers can help improve it and find bugs), and end-users who want to ...
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What's the correct way to include licence for part of the code from another project
Let's say I have an open source project (Apache2)
And I only take one function from another project which is also open sourced under MIT/Apache2 license, and put it together with my code in a single ...
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Why does Creative Commons recommend not using CC-BY licenses for software?
The FAQ on the Creative Commons website states:
Can I apply a Creative Commons license to software?
We recommend against using Creative Commons licenses for software.
Instead, we strongly ...
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Android App for commercial use depended on some GitHub projects with MIT licence
Where should I put the licencing information for the Android App if it is dependent on some GitHub projects with MIT licence .
Users are going to see the user interface of the finished app, where ...
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MIT License and how to use
MIT License gives you permissions to use the software commercially without any restrictions. You need only give credit to the author.
What I am going to use for my project (that will be commercial) ...
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Merging bug fixes from a project with a different license
Recently I discovered my project of mine (call it A), was cloned by another project (call it M) to create a port for a different platform.
"A" was originally licensed as MIT, but has since been ...
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Using public domain code within Apache-or-MIT licensed project
I'm interested in borrowing functions from a file in a project dual-licensed as MIT-or-UNLICENSE in my package that I intend to also be dual-licensed as Apache-or-MIT. Is this possible? How should I ...
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Relicensing from Apache-2.0 to Apache-or-MIT
I'd like to relicense one of my projects from Apache 2.0 to Apache-or-MIT dual license for consistency with the outer community (Rust — see here), and to allow GPLv2 compatibility, which I was ...
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I put someone else's name in MIT license by mistake and then changed it back to my name. The other person is insisting I keep their name on it
I made an open-source blog theme(template) based on Hugo's static web page generator.
This is my first step to the open-source world. So I didn't know much about license things. I copied and pasted ...
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Can I MIT license a binary, but keep the source proprietary?
Can I give a binary executable (loaded as a dynamic library/FFI) an MIT license, whilst keeping the source code proprietary, and selling "source code licenses" on a per customer basis?
Id like to ...
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Distributing MIT application with GPLv3 plugin without releasing source for MIT application
We have a MIT licensed application which we sell packed under virtual appliance to our customers. the application has a marketplace where users can download and install additional plugins.
We wish to ...
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How can I use this GPLv2+ file in my MIT project?
I was having a programming problem and Google brought me to this blog, which refers to a GPLv2+ licensed file. However, I would like to keep my project MIT-licensed. What should I do?
I'm considering ...
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Do you require contributors to your open source code to assign copyright?
I'm in the process of writing an open-source application. It is not yet ready for public consumption, but I am building up to releasing it. One thing I wondered was if you required contributors to ...
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Dual license open source software?
I'm building a piece of open source code that I want to use the AGPLv3 license, but at the same time, if a company pays a fee, I want to allow them to access the software using a much more permissive ...
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Can I change the copyright holder name and year of an MIT license?
Can I change the copyright holder name when using a project of MIT license ? Example: Changing 'john' to 'Justin' in below license ?
Copyright 2018 john
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge,...
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Clarification: Dual licensed under the MIT or GPL Version 2 licenses
I've been reading the differences between these two licenses for a few hours now and it is still quite not clear to me how this duality works. As far as I understood, the MIT license basically gives ...
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Is there a license similar to MIT that also requires changes to be indicated?
The MIT License permits Commercial use, Distribution, Modification, and Private use, while requiring the inclusion of the License and copyright notice and limiting Liability and Warranty (source: ...
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Appropriate license for project using assets not available for commercial use
I have a project which I would like to open source under the MIT license. However, it uses assets (images) which are available only for personal use, not for commercial.
Is the MIT license safe? Can ...
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Can I remove the Modernizr credit from the top of my .js file?
I am working on a project that uses Modernizr, which uses the MIT license. I have a modernizr-custom.js file containing code downloaded from their website and this at the top:
/*! modernizr 3.6.0 (...
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If a project is licensed GNU GPLv3 at top level but includes packages that are MIT are the included packages MIT?
If a project is licensed GPLv3 at top level but includes packages that are MIT, do the licenses of the included packages apply?
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I'm developing a library. Is there a license similar to GPL3 that doesn't force a license change for the project?
If an open source project is licensed under MIT, I want them to be able to use my library without changing their license to GPL3.
However I still want developers of proprietary applications to make ...
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Is it necessary to include MIT licenses for every project even if my code base is available in GitHub?
I use three MIT licensed projects in my source code. Do I need to include three copies of the MIT license (in different directories), or can I just include a single copy of the MIT license on the root?...
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Including license in emails
I’ve found a nice HTML email template that I would like to customize and use to send automated emails to my clients. The template is MIT licensed, which means I should provide a copy of the license (...
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How to note contributors work with MIT license?
Many of my coding projects are licensed under the MIT license, with my copyright notice at the top:
Copyright (C) 2019 David Callanan
Anyone making modifications to my code must keep the MIT ...
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What is the different between MIT and X11 license? Should the open source package be identified differently under these two licenses
What are the main difference in obligations of both MIT and X11 license. How do they differentiate or there is no difference and can be used in replacements.
