Questions tagged [mit]
Use this tag for questions pertaining to the MIT/Expat license or the MIT/X11 license.
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How to use GPL-licensed project with MIT code snippet license correctly?
My company uses WordPress (GPL license), a child theme of a theme and plugins under GPL and just a few code snippets under the MIT license.
Because the GPL license is the stronger license (MIT license ...
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What to do if someone forked your project and removed its' license?
Say you created a website and it's open-source under MIT.
A month later, I changed it to GPL-3.0 License.
A month passed again, someone forked my project in GitHub and is making money off it via ...
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Add author to MIT license? [duplicate]
I have forked a git repository where the original author has added a MIT license.
The license begins with:
Copyright (c) 2017 Original Author
Now, I have added some significant contributions to the ...
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Am I violating the terms of the base licenses when I publish my project on GitHub without any license and/or links to authors of used components?
Many developers, students, etc. put their code on GitHub without any links to authors of used components and licenses. I tried find a new job and yesterday HR ask me create Rest API with django + drf ...
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a problem with SIMILAR emojis to existing ones
it was some time ago but, yeah, my emojis (yes, emojis, not a joke, that's not even funny) ruined my github account (i just got flagged). for the now i was trying to use other platforms/solutions (...
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How should I format licences to redistribute Apache 2.0-based project?
I want to redistribute the compiled binaries and headers of OpenCV.
That means that I'm going to:
Download some compiled release from OpenCV's Releases page.
Create my own repository which will ...
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Dual license (GPL: my contribution, MIT: others' contribution) in an open source project?
Say I am the owner of an open source project, and I want to publish my code under the GPL license.
I expect myself to be the main contributors, but I want to stay open to others' contribution. At the ...
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MIT License for a translation
There's a software called vnpy on github that's in chinese.
We have a translated copy to english. The goal is to keep their MIT license but just for that code.
We're wondering: Should we make a ...
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Can MIT and Apache licenses be used together?
I am a web template seller and use different tools / libraries / plugins such as Bootstrap 5, jQuery, select2, wowbook, etc. which are under MIT and Apache licenses.
Are these two licenses compatible?
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Can I use my project with MongoDB in docker container and publish it on GitHub under GPLv3?
I have a plan to use own project (Django backend + React SPA) under GPLv3 in my portfolio with repository on GitHub for all parts of my project. My project is simple landing page with text data and ...
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How to properly attribute other's people work on GitHub?
I have an open source project (under GPL license) that has some parts incorporated from other projects (that use MIT and GPL), and one of the provisions of both of these licenses is The above ...
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Which licenses of Open Source plugins/libraries can i used in my commercial SaaS product
i wan to create SaaS for help people to solve different tasks.
Which licenses of plugins/libraries can i use in my SaaS?
A lot of examples describes a use of plugins and libraries with a software, but ...
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How would people be able to credit my open source software that generates HTML?
I am working on an open source project with an MIT license. The project takes markdown and parses it into HTML pages. (I know it's been done before but I was bored) And I'm a little confused on how ...
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Where can I find a final, authoritative, clear list of how to handle “license snippets” for common licenses?
I am looking for an authoritative, clear and up-to-date document on what exactly a person or an institution has to do for the so-called "license snippets"/"license notice" for ...
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Should I keep the old project's name in the copyright details after a fork?
So, given what i asked here, I was wondering if i should leave the old project's name after a fork, in the copyright detail in the code...
Essentially, I did it like so:
#Copyright 2015 by ....
#...
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What should I do with the copyright details in a codebase when modifying it when it wasn't forked?
So essentially, I once downloaded some script off github, forgot about it, then thought "Why not modify it!" and thus now decided to push it to my github account...
Question is though, do i ...
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Can I use a logo (Image) from a GitHub repository with an MIT License?
Can I use a Logo (Image file) from Github Repository with an MIT License, without violating any copyright terms?
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Can I use a (modified) LGPL-2.1 library in my MIT-licensed library?
I am developing a Modbus library for use on microcontrollers.
Internally, I am using an (apparently) heavily-modified version of libmodbus (slightly-modified from the version that comes with ...
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Sign and distribute unmodified GNU GPLv2, MIT and Apache2 Linux packages
Software component under a custom open-source license requires certain third-party GPLv2, Apache2, and MIT Linux packages:
GPLv2 package is not part of the component but is usually used to integrate ...
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If I fork a lib that is MIT / Apache 2.0 dual license, can I change it to CC0 for redistribution?
A lot of our projects are CC0 licensed and I had been researching across the web to find any information regarding the legalities of this, and to retain the original author's moral rights. I have not ...
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MIT License - Can I license part of a repo?
I have a public GitHub repo, with multiple folders containing different plugins.
Am I able to license each of those plugins separately, or does the whole repo have to be licensed as one?
One of the ...
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Merging parts of another, parallel, fork [MIT]
The situation is following: There is a project (lets call it A), standard MIT licensed but long abandoned. I created a rebranded fork, fully MIT compliant, called B. Another person, lets call him Jack,...
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Can I start my project under MIT, GPLv3 or Apache 2.0 with these components?
I'm newbie in web-development. I want create a project for demo my work skills: GitHub repository with source codes and working application on some hosting service. My project is a single page ...
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Several beginner questions about using MIT-licensed code
Hi, I recently made this website, hosted on Github. (Repo)
The website uses multiple MIT-licensed (or similar licenses) 'code':
Several SVG icons from Wikimedia commons (Icon 1, Icon 2, Icon 3).
Code ...
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GPL: How to “inherit” license from another project?
I'm writing a tool that heavily utilizes Git (without linking against parts of it, or using any of its source files in the code) through the cli interface.
I would still like to license it under the ...
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How to use LGPL with embedded firmwares?
I am developing a firmware for embedded devices.
The project contains many libraries, plus one main executable that uses all the libraries. Each component is compiled individually. In the final step, ...
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MIT license change own name as copyright holder
If I am the copyright holder of a project licensed under the MIT license, can I change the name in the copyright notice? For example after a name change or changing to/from a pseudonym.
Note that (...
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The official node.js deb package repository has no source packages, is it a license breach?
Recently I tried to download the official node.js source debian packages, as described here.
For my largest surprise, their source repositories are simply empty (although they are part of their ...
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Explicit linkage of GCC STL source code in end user's code - GPLv3 + GCC runtime exception
My question is related to GPLv3 and GCC runtime exception. I need to include GCC source code in my project.
I am an author of an embedded library that is intended to be built using GCC C++ compiler ...
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Translate the text under MIT to CC BY-SA project
There is one "document only" opensource project under MIT license.
So it is only text files under Markdown syntax with useful info for people.
It is in language A (human language, not ...
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CPOL derivative works limitations
I have downloaded a project from CodeProject, which is bound by the CPOL. I've modified some its files to fix bugs, as well as adding files of my own for other features. I am planning to release my ...
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What is the license for derivative work of a project in MIT with no license file [duplicate]
I have an open source github Library that i need to use for work, however there is no LICENSE file in the repository. The library itself is a derivative work (porting to another language) of a library ...
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Can I create a SVG site containing files with all these licenses?
My site
My site is like a gallery of SVG files from different sources, with different licenses. In a way similar to https://www.flaticon.com/.
When clicking on an item it will show on a modal together ...
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GitHub Repository with MIT license with one file under GNU license
I have a repository that is licensed under MIT license. The repository is still private, but I want to make it public soon.
Nevertheless, there is a file (a Makefile), that is licensed under
GNU LGPL ...
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If I use MIT, and I like authors to keep copyright of their patches, does MIT forbid this and do I need them to relicense back their contributions?
I'm reading the C4 explanation and I like many of its directives. http://socialarchitecture.science/c4-deep/
I'm not looking to create a OSS project that aims to be C4 certified.
For one reason, I ...
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How correctly specify ReactJS license in my SPA repo and contribute it?
If I understand correctly, ReactJS ships with MIT FB license.
I will plan create a repository with code based on using ReactJS as dependency in my SPA.
In my app, I want want to use another open-...
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Licensing using c++ strings and cout
I am creating a library for c++ on github. I want to release it under mit license, but several times i use lines of code like:
#include <iostream>
#include <string>
cout << "...
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Have MIT license text to be added if software is just using?
Let's assume that I sell Angular course on Udemy. In this case, I wonder whether I have to add Angular's MIT license text to my course or not.
If I have to do this, is it enough to add the license ...
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Is statically linking MIT/X licensed software with a GPLv2 library is illegal?
I am not going to distribute the binary ever. The program or the library is not mine. Will it be a problem?
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Source and jar without dependencies under MIT, runnable jar with dependencies under GPL
Image I would like to develop MIT (or Apache 2.0)-licensed software using an LGPL library.
As far as I understand this is allowed as long as I'm distributing the library in a seperate jar file and ...
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What prevents a large company with deep pockets from rebranding my MIT project and killing me off?
I'm planning to start an MIT licensed project for a Web Server like Apache and Nginx, but primarily targeting the Windows Platform. Those that don't understand open source software are calling me ...
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Licensing for a physical product developed from MIT code
I have a developed a Book using outputs from parts of code from a MIT licence repository.
Where would I show or put the copyright licence? On the product? Or create a website?
Or because it is not ...
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Refund laws in europe and austrailia
I distribute my software for free, under the MIT licence. This says there is no warranty, but in some jurisdictions there is a mandatory warranty
https://www.accc.gov.au/business/treating-customers-...
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Can I link a BSD-3 library to an MIT project?
I have an MIT licensed project and I want to use a BSD-3 library as a package. The BSD-3 library will only be used for implementation purposes, so the users of the MIT project will not be able to use ...
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3-clause BSD or MIT license for software that imports numpy and matplotlib?
I wrote a Python script (a .py file) that I'd like to publish and license correctly. My script imports
numpy (3-clause BSD)
matplotlib.pyplot (Matplotlib license [BSD-compatible])
os and argparse (...
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Can someone fork a MIT-licensed project, distribute the binaries as a paid software, and keep it closed source?
If I license my project with MIT-license, could someone:
fork the project and distribute the binaries as a paid software
just have a quote of my original license in the Help > About dialog box, as ...
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Does importing a python package in my source code constitute redistribution of that package?
I wish to make a python package I have written publicly available on github as source code. I am being advised that I should add a NOTICE detailing all the third party packages that my code depends on....
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Who will be the copyright owner of a new file in a forked repository on github?
Let's say there is a MIT Licensed repository on github, then by definition all the files that belongs to the repository is owned by the copyright holder of the repository.
But if I fork the project ...
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MIT and MS-LPL license compatibility options
My project is MIT licensed and 3rd party code is all either ISC or MIT licensed which are both compatible licenses.
I maintain project code licenses per file, that is each source includes a license ...
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Can I mix GPL code with assets modified under different licenses?
I'm currently working on an open source video game and would like to mix licenses within the core project.
I would like to:
License all source code I write as AGPLv3.
License all original assets I ...
