Questions tagged [mit]
Use this tag for questions pertaining to the MIT/Expat license or the MIT/X11 license.
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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.
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Can I change the license of a forked project to the MIT if the license of the parent project has changed from the GPL to the MIT?
Some time ago I have forked a project on the GitHub that used the GNU GPL v3 license. So I also had to use the GPL license in my fork.
Recently, the author of the original project changed license to ...
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Including copyrighted specifications in an MIT-licensed project
I am working on a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), library released under an MIT license, however, the sources contain XML specifications which are owned by the Bluetooth SIG.
As an example, here is an ...
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For a GPLv3 project, would accepting contributions under the MIT license allow me to keep full control of the project?
I would like to do this as an alternative to having a CLA (which was suggested to me in my previous question) that transfers all copyright over to me. Is this a good idea and are there any potential ...
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What if I used a MIT-licensed library which has a GPL dependency?
As far as I know,
GPL is infectious, so my application would become GPL once a single GPL-licensed file is included.
However, MIT is compatible with GPL, and MIT isn't infectious, so my application ...
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Can I publish a WordPress site as MIT?
I know that WordPress is licensed GPLv2 (or later).
I also know that all things that use WordPress must also be GPLv2 (or later) compatible (eg. Plugins and Themes)
I also read somewhere that ...
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Can I change the license of re-written code?
The is a single file source code that I have used as a base for my little project. That source code already works as it is.
The problem is its syntaxes, variable naming, spacing, and so many unused ...
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MIT license with extra conditions
I read many post and descriptions of MIT license and I have the question that If I use third party library with MIT license that the owner has add extra conditions that limit the use content and the ...
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Licensing: distributing open source components with your PyPI package
I have developed a Python package capable of generating a web page with some embedded tables and figures. The web page employs some open source components (namely Angular.js, Bootstrap and font-...
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Relicensing a MIT licensed project to prevent damaging code changes
I have found a piece of software which I have grown so fond of that I wish to improve it.
However, since the software is an MIT licensed project I could fear that the change I would like might not be ...
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Question about whether license allows inclusion in open source project
We are currently developing an open source project using the MIT license, and we'd like to incorporate Microsoft's Visual Studio 2017 icons, which can be found here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/...
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Is MIT license suitable for an open source specification?
I know the MIT license is suitable for code and its associated documentation.
However, is it suitable for an open source specification (without any code)? Or should I use a different license (and ...
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Can I license code that links to GPL code under a more permissive license?
I'm working on a project that I want to release under the MIT license. However, it includes a GPL'ed library. I understand this means I must release my work under GPL. Am I able to release the whole ...
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org-rs: can I use MIT/Apache2/LGPL license?
I am working on a project https://github.com/org-rs/org-rs written in Rust programming language.
The goal of the project is to provide a parser for the Org markup language.
Because of the ...
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MIT License for a jointly developed website
My friend and I developed an open-source non-commercial website which we would like to publish with MIT license.
Mit License starts with words
Copyright (c) [year] [fullname]
Is it OK to write both ...
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When is a commercial company allowed to acquire an Open Source project?
For the last few months I spent significant time contributing to an open source project which is licensed with MIT license. I was aware that anyone is allowed to copy, use and change the project's ...
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License obligations when creating a statically linked executable
I've recently completed my first "real" game and although it's not much I'd like other people to be able to play it without having to compile from source and satisfy dependencies on their own. I ...
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Using a GPL 3.0 parser generator for an MIT licensed program
If I used a GPL 3.0 licensed program like jacc to generate a parser generator which I incorporate into an MIT licensed program, do I have to release my program as GPL?
Note that the grammar ...
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License that requires attribution to end users?
I'm looking for an open source license that requires attribution to end users.
Thus far, I've looked at the MIT license and Apache 2.0. But I am not convinced that they require attribution to end ...
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Can i use MIT, ISC, Apache-2.0 in a project licensed as MIT or Apache 2.0?
I want to create a project in Angular licensed as MIT or Apache 2.0 and i need to include projects with different licences (MIT, ISC, Apache-2.0 and perhaps BSD-3).
The project includes an area for ...
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If MIT licensed code links to GPL licensed code what should be the license of the resulting binary program?
Scenario:
I have written a program that uses a GPLv2 library. The source code to my program is publicly available under an MIT license. For the sake of this example let's say my program links to the ...
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Is there a legal definintion of a file?
The MIT, GPL, and Apache Licenses all make references to "files".
Here are example of such references:
(all emphasis added)
MIT:
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person ...
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Can I be accused of using MIT library in my codebase that internally depends on library not compatible with MIT?
In general, when I make my code dependent on library, do I have to check its dependencies licenses or library license is the only one to be checked on my side?
Can I be assused of using MIT library ...
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Releasing a JS library made in TypeScript as MIT including compiled files
TypeScript is a programming language released as Apache 2.0.
Can I create my own JS library, using TypeScript, and publish it under MIT, including the compiled results (i.e. including the auto-...
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If I’m using someone’s open source project, do I need to use the same license the open-source project uses?
I’m using the Google Open Source Project 2016 (and others from Github using MIT and Apache licenses) and it has an Apache license. Do I need to add the Apache license to my project, too? If so, do I ...
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Final product warranty vs MIT licensed FreeRTOS warranty disclaimer
I want to base my embedded project on FreeRTOS, modify the original source code of FreeRTOS (strip some functionality, remove some unused code, increase reliability), write my application specific ...
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Someone is offering money to use my software without a license. Is it a scam?
I am the creator of an open source project licensed under MIT and GPL.
Recently, someone has reached out saying that these licenses do not fit their needs, and that they would like to pay me to be ...
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Should I use my own license in a fork of another GitHub repository, which I've revamped completely?
Background
I am the owner of an open-source theme for Hugo named hugo-dream-plus which, as the name implies, is an upgraded version of hugo-theme-dream.
Note that hugo-theme-dream is licensed ...
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Can your MIT library use an LGPL library?
If you use a library with LGPL 2.1 license (e.g., PHPMailer) in your also open source library, can you release your library as MIT license if you didn't actually modify PHPMailer?
E.g., All you did ...
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Can I use proprietary library in a GPL-Compatible library loaded on a gpl Program?
I am asking mainly to be sure.
To describe it better, I want to use some external functionality that is available through a proprietary library. Since the library IS NOT compatible with GPL Programs, ...
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Extending GPL project with Paid license features
I found some GPL v3 licensed open source projects that also have paid enterprise license versions with more useful features.
I only need 10% of the features available in the (expensive) enterprise ...
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License to acknowledge the initiative work
In case someone makes a product based on my open source project, I'd like to have them to acknowledge my project with: "Powered by <MyProject>[link_on_Github]"
Is there a license similar to MIT,...
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Including the MIT copyright notice when the software is part of a larger proprietary software
From reading the license here I understand how I can use the software but the only condition it imposes has confused me.
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
included in ...
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Using Parts of MIT Licensed Software
I use an MIT licensed package to receive messages in a certain protocol. If I want to use a part of this package to build a new one (also MIT) which sends messages in that protocol (so it's 80% diff. ...
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What am I supposed to do with the license, in case of a third party project modification?
I'm making some modifications to this project licensed under MIT License.
The thing is: I don't know what to do to their license file. Do I just override with my stuff?!
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Can I include license text in my project's README and not add a license file?
When I add a license to a software project I place the text of the license in a file named LICENSE.md in the root of the repository.
Now I want to include the license text in the README.md instead ...
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What is the way to handle a project that is a mix of software and non-software items?
Our project is partly software, and partly 3d models and images. To me, the language of the MIT license, which specifically refers to software, doesn't really seem applicable to the parts that aren't ...
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How do I cite MIT licensed software in a research publication?
I have found code provided on GitHub under an MIT license. I have modified the code to be useful for my application. In order to give proper credit to the original author/developer, how can I provide ...
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Can I take MIT licensed code and distribute it under BSD?
There is django-auth-kerberos (MIT) which I want to cherry-pick as initial implementation and include+modify as a plugin to python-social-auth/social-core (BSD). Does the MIT license permit this? Are ...
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Does redistributing an unmodified copy of rt.jar from OpenJDK7 using an MIT license violate the GPLv2 with Classpath Exception?
I am considering redistributing a copy of the rt.jar file available within the OpenJDK Zulu distribution within my GitHub project repository which is licensed on a project basis using the MIT license. ...
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Licensing current and future change
I have this repo on my GitHub https://github.com/bortek/EZ-WifiBroadcast which is based on Raspbian OS image plus has additional code developed initially by a person which we call here Creator. The ...
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Can I relicense my own GPL code into Apache/MIT? [duplicate]
Suppose that I distribute my own code with a GPL license, even though the code use just external MIT or Apache code. In particular, no preexisting GPL code is in it.
Can I later relicense it under ...
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Can I use API exposed in an open source project (MIT License) in a commercial software?
I wanted to use an api that is exposed in an open source project under MIT License.There's no restrictions mentioned for the use of api anywhere in the License neither it says that we can use the api ...
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Copyright of MIT licenced libraries usage within GPL licensed code
My software is completely written in python and has the following architecture of down cascaded dependencies. I plan to share my whole source code (FileA, FileB, FileC) next time in GitHub:
FileA: ...
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Why it is sufficient to include only copyright without permission notice when using React library in your project?
As far as I understand if you want to use React.js library you should comply with MIT license by adding its copyright and permission notice before the library is included to the source code (to the ...
