Questions tagged [mit]
Use this tag for questions pertaining to the MIT/Expat license or the MIT/X11 license.
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Can I remove payment requirement part of a MIT licensed library
A library I have used has recently introduced a payment requirement, i.e buy a license code and enter it to be able to use the library. The library is however still MIT licensed. Would it be legal to ...
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Can I combine MPL-2.0 along with MIT and AGPL-3.0 within the same project?
I'm developing a new project, which uses the following licenses:
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How do I properly put third-party dependencies under MIT on my copyright notice for a published MacOS app on the App Store?
If IconCast is the name of a close-sourced app I'm publishing that makes money, and AppIconSetGen, an open source library under the MIT license made by someone else that I made some changes to (which ...
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Can I use part of a MIT-licensed library as training data for an AI that will be used commercially?
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I am working on a business to provide support for independent musicians, and I would like to use this and this to essentially copy and paste this information as training data (I’m planning ...
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Need Help Choosing a FOSS License for a Swift Package With Specific Requirements [duplicate]
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I'm working on a Swift package and am having some trouble deciding which FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) license to use. I have specific requirements and am hoping ...
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Making it possible to implement a patented algorithm with a MIT licensed library
Accidentally a few weeks ago I've implemented a logic into my MIT licensed public library, which has been patented by someone else some years ago. That library isn't only about that patented logic - ...
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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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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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Found a project with WTFPL, but I think it is a translation of another MIT-licensed project
Let's say a project was called projectMIT and it was written in python. it was not maintained and as of now, it is publicly archived on github. Someone re-wrote it as project(MIT)-rust with WTFPL ...
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Can I use Oracle's JDBC driver in an MIT licenced project?
I have decided to make a project of mine free and open source under the MIT licence. This project uses Oracle's JDBC driver. My question is am I able to include ojdbc in my Github project and if so, ...
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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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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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Can PyQt5 projects use the MIT license?
I maintain a PyQt5 project on GitHub under the MIT license but now I am wondering if I am risking getting in trouble by not making it GPL... This answer makes me think that releasing my own code under ...
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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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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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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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Is it appropriate to use open source license with Matlab code?
Since Matlab itself is not open source (commercial software and Matlab language can only be used within the Matlab environment), is it OK to put my Matlab code on github under open source license, e.g....
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Can I publish my SpamAssassin plugin under MIT licence on Github?
I would like to publish my custom SpamAssassin plugin under the MIT licence on GitHub but I am not sure if it is possible. SpamAssassin is licensed under the Apache Licence 2.0 and vast majority of ...
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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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What to do if someone forked my 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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Several beginner questions about using MIT-licensed code
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 I ...
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Monetizing and licensing with AGPL libraries
I am just curious about, what license should i use for app(android), i have written in my free time. I am using some libraries, which have this licenses on it:
Apache 2.0 license
MIT license
GNU ...
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Source and jar without dependencies under MIT, runnable jar with dependencies under GPL
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 separate jar file and loading ...
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System libraries and exceptions regarding closed source distribution
There are some specific usage examples I would like to learn, regarding of using some open source libraries inside a commercial closed source product(binary, executable). Most of the answers online ...
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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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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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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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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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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?
In ...
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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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License as permissive as WTFPL but including a warranty disclaimer
I like publishing my software completely open source with no limitations (no contribution required, etc). I thought about using the WTFPL, but it lacks an MIT-like disclaimer:
THE SOFTWARE IS ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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