Questions tagged [mit]
Use this tag for questions pertaining to the MIT/Expat license or the MIT/X11 license.
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Is there a software license that says anyone can do what they want with it except sell it or sell modified versions of it? [duplicate]
From what I can tell GPL lets folks modify your code and sell it and MIT lets them do whatever they want.
I plan on charging for my application. I am okay if someone wants to tweak it and use it for ...
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Exact attribution requirements for distributing compiled binaries depending on MIT and/or Apache 2.0 libraries
Consider an executable program whose source is licensed under the MIT and/or Apache 2.0 license and that depends (directly & indirectly) on a number of libraries written by third parties that are ...
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Why did npm change their default license from MIT to ISC? [closed]
If you run npm init with all the defaults, it will generate a package.json file with the license set to ISC. Its previous default was MIT.
There have been multiple questions and PRs about this change ...
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Code licensed by Apache 2.0 license with the AWS SDK for Javascript v3, maybe licensed by other license (MIT)?
I've got a doubt about the AWS Code license, specifically, I've been using fragments of code from the AWS repository for the Javascript SDK v3 interacting with Cognito. In some fragments of code, for ...
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How can I add a license for one file from a github repository?
I would like to use a text file from a GitHub repository that is under MIT License.
My repository is private and I'm distributing my software. My question is how can I use this file and put the right ...
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Is HTML-linked content still subject to the CC-BY-SA license?
If someone links to a Github or Gitlab repo in a Stackoverflow post, or a Github or Gitlab gist, is the contained content CC-BY-SA? Let's say I am the sole author of the code on Github/Gitlab?
For a ...
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Can I change the content license on my Stackoverflow/Stackexchange posts to something more permissive like MIT?
I was experimenting with Stackoverflow's API requests and I noticed this on my posts:
I've mentioned in previous posts that while I respect CC BY-SA 4.0's intentions, I don't like the copyleft ...
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Publishing an application on play store....licenses and royalties doubts
I've built an Android application in Kotlin, and it uses these libraries :
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implementation "androidx.camera:camera-core:${camerax_version}"
implementation "androidx.camera:...
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If an MIT licensed repo relicenses to GPL3, is my derived project impacted in any way? [duplicate]
A year ago I participated in a group project to develop a small game for a class. My work involved level generation, and I later reused the code I wrote for the group project in a separate personal ...
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Is there a license like MIT that explicitly forbids the use of AI?
I am aware that the licenses of e.g. code on Github are currently not observed when training AIs and that there are licenses such as AGPL that require the code to be disclosed. But is there already a ...
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Combining material from various different licences under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license [closed]
If I use the material (GLSL code) in a project in which I use MIT licensed material with Resolume-Wire (an object-oriented application based on nodes) in the ISF (GLSL code) import element there, add ...
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What exactly does the MIT license mean by "associated documentation"?
The MIT license text begins with "Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files".
What exactly are ...
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Dockerization; licenses of dependencies MIT, GPLv2
I created a program with two dependencies DepA and DepB.
DepA is published under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2, June 1991 and is called as an external program
DepB is published under MIT ...
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Can I relicense an Apache- or -MIT-licensed software to AGPL (Affero General Public License)?
Apache 2.0 is compatible with GPL 3.0, but how about AGPL? Can I relicense any Apache or MIT licensed software to AGPL?
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Regarding the license's condition(MIT, BSD-3...), how to satisfy the condition "License and copyright notice"? [duplicate]
For example, in the laravel project, when I run the command composer i, all the packages which were specified in composer.json will be installed in the vendor folder.
As long as each of them already ...
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Can I use a MIT licensed library with an AGPLv3 project? [duplicate]
I'm building a project, that is licensed under AGPLv3. I want to use a few MIT licensed C libraries, but I'm unsure if it's compatible with AGPLv3 or not.
Also, I'm not sure if the GPL-compatible ...
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What happens if I don't attribute for a library that has MIT or Apache license?
I develop a commerical app in android studio and in my project I use some libraries that have MIT or Apache license.
What could possibly happens if I don't attribute the libraries that I downloaded ...
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If an app is created with libs from different author with MIT license, which one will be applicable?
If an app is created with different library (all MIT) from different authors, than please advise following:
Do this app need to include all those licenses in the final binary release ?
As the MIT ...
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My code is GPL licensed, can I issue a license to have my code be distributed in a specific MIT licensed project?
If I own a GPL-licensed software that is used as a component in other peoples user-facing software, can I issue a separate license so that my software can be used in a popular MIT licensed project?
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Should I include the MIT licence of a library which I use from a CDN?
I'm using a library in my program and that library has a MIT licence. I don't download the library itself I just use it via a CDN provider.
Do I need to include the library's licence? If yes, how ...
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Including portions of MIT and BSD-licensed code in proprietary software [duplicate]
I'd like to include some code from MIT- and BSD-licensed libraries in a proprietary package, but for reasons of performance (and just organising the code better) would like to take portions of the ...
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Can I legally transfer a repository to someone else? (MIT license)
Assume I have a repository with MIT licensed code where I have written the vast majority of the code but several others have made small improvements through pull requests over the years (including ...
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Using MIT license while linking with MIT and LGPLv3
I'm working on a library I would like to license under MIT license (mostly to allow its use in proprietary software).
I'm using APIs of two other libraries, one under MIT, other under LGPLv3.
I'm just ...
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BSD-3/MIT etc. - How "often" do I need to include the license text?
For instance, the BSD-3 Clause license states:
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/...
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Which license suits best when you want users to contribute to your code and not just take it as free beer
Which License is best suited for my open source project. I am developing a web app (a template like) that has potential use in real life applications but also learning outcomes. I would like people to ...
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Is importing a usage in MIT, ISC, or similar licenses? [duplicate]
Let X be an open-source software that
is distributed in source code only,
depends on a software Y having MIT/ISC license, but just "imports" it, for example import Y in a Go source, or #...
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Copyright a web page created from a MIT license theme?
I am confused as to how to describe a web page from a theme licensed under the MIT license that I want to modify and use for my own private commercial purposes. I do want to have the copyright on what ...
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How do open source licences affect the incorporation of copyright / trademark logos names in a project?
When a private corporation decides to publish software under a permissive open source licence (for example, the MIT licence) there might still be a desire for that company's name and logo to be ...
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Applicable legal terms when interacting with smart contracts on the Ethereum network
When smart contracts are deployed on the Ethereum network they are operated by multiple anonymous nodes of the network. Assuming that the code of the smart contracts is subject to the MIT license, if ...
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Best way to release a Nuitka-compiled software?
My question would be: If I wrote software in Python and compiled it with Nuitka and would like to publish it under either the GPL v2 or MIT license for others, should I also attach the original .py ...
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How should I license my software if it links statically with glibc?
I have no experience with licensing. I used GitHub to put a license in one of my repositories, which basically uses C. As I didn't want to impose restrictions (the code is a very small utility, I don'...
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Using Tailwind CSS in website
let's say I am using Tailwind CSS (licensed under MIT) in my website by using the npm package "tailwindcss" which on build creates a css file. According to MIT - "The above copyright ...
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Using heroicons in a website
I want to use heroicons which is licensed under MIT in a website.
The license states - "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial ...
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LICENSE text in build folder
When I build my site using create-react-app build, it creates a main.779c7054.js.LICENSE.txt which contains the license texts of the dependencies. In this case I am using Next.js and lets say I am ...
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BY-SA 4.0 Bulk Compatible Other Licenses likes MIT, BSD3
On the CCL official website, it says BY-SA 4.0 is compatible with FAL and GPL 3.0 (one-way only).
Then, is it compatible with other licenses such as MIT and BSD licenses? Other license -> BY-SA 4.0 ...
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Understanding the MIT license
I think I still do not completely understand license language, and therefore the MIT license as being concise and very permissive seems to be a good example to learn on.
Considering this sentence:
&...
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Forking .NET library code (MIT license), how to treat individual file header?
I'm aware MIT license is permissive, I would still like to ask/verify how to proceed with forking code from .NET runtime libraries.
Reason to fork: in my specific case, code I'm interested in is ...
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How to put Copyright notice If I use several other code bases (MIT)
If I use piece of code from some other repo which is under MIT licence I can directly use/show their Copyright info in my repo. That part is OK.
But what happenes if I get several pieces of code from ...
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Which license I should use for public project?
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I want to do "open source" project.
In my mind, I would like to :
that the code has always the same license even if it is redistributed or sold etc...
that the authors and ...
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How would I go about crediting another project who uses the MIT licence, in my project for which I also use the MIT licence
I found an implementation of the RIPEMD160 algorithm on GitHub, which I followed when writing my own implementation. Hence, I personally would consider my work to be a modification/derivative of this ...
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Can the author of an MIT licenced project prevent me from publishing to an App Store
I took an open source project that is published under the MIT License and I want to re-release it on an App Store. (After I updated the SDK and switched from JavaScript to TypeScript).
But now the ...
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Can I download one file from GitHub without copying the license?
There is a github repository licensed under the MIT license. Can I download just 1 bash script and use it (execute) without copying the license file somewhere? The script itself doesn't provide any ...
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Which license should i choose for a self-hosted app? [duplicate]
I'm working on a self-hosted application. This app will have a Free version and a Pro version. The free version is on GitHub's public repositories and the Pro version is on GitHub's private ...
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Can I license certain components of my software as MIT, but have the overall software be Copyleft?
I'm considering releasing the source code of an App as Copyleft, but would like some individual components (just not the core project) to be used under a more permissive MIT license.
How would this ...
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Am I required to list the MIT library I'm using in my telegram bot application description? [duplicate]
What responsibilities do I have to fulfill when using an MIT-licensed library in proprietary software? How do I specify a license if my project is not distributed anywhere on sites, etc, and is a ...
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According to this web site unless I am sharing or selling my website code I dont have to attribute anything about the mit license, is that truth?
This is the answers I am refering to:
https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/how-to-put-the-themes-mit-license-information-on-my-website/32001.
Edit: They talk about a difference between serving in a web page ...
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MIT License Violation caused by copying source code partially or fully
I have a project on GitHub licensed under MIT. Some other person contributed to another unknown-to-me organisation on GitHub two months ago with a commit which copies a part of my code with just a few,...
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Automatically converted code from one language to another changes the license of a code?
I have code in a language and want to convert it automatically using a tool to another language.
Is it considered a derivative work and should I follow the same license?
Does it matter if it is MIT ...
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Is it legal to remove a contributor's name from the licence?
User Mark makes repository A and releases the code under the MIT license with their name in the license. User Jeff forks the repository makes some improvements and adds their name to the license file (...
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License a project under the GPLv3, but license a library to communicate with it under the MIT. Is it possible?
I am currently writing a game. Leaving aside all the game development things, I want to create a library implementation for its API, basically so I give some random guy on the internet the ability to ...
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