Questions tagged [mit]
Use this tag for questions pertaining to the MIT/Expat license or the MIT/X11 license.
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Combining code written under different licenses (Eiffel Forum License, MIT and Apache), what are my options?
So I'm new to all this licensing jazz, and I've just started work on a project I'd like to one day publish as open source.
I've found a couple of projects so far that have code to accomplish stuff ...
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If I'm using a GPL 3 library in my project, can I license my project under MIT license?
If I'm using a library that is licensed under GPL v3 in my project, can I license my project under the MIT license? I tried to read the GPL v3 text but I cannot understand it without your assistance.
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MIT license and "All rights reserved."?
I recently saw something like this:
Copyright (c) Some Corporation
All rights reserved.
MIT License
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And then the MIT license follows. Now, from what I know the MIT license is one of the most ...
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Which author/copyright holder "type" is allowed in the MIT license? Pseudonym, Company name, ...?
In many licenses you have to (or can?) state who is the author of the project, which is the one who "owns" the intellectual property (= the copyright holder). In the MIT license it e.g. is said like ...
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What are the essential differences between the BSD and MIT licences?
There are many articles out there which cover the topic in length and breadth, but so far I haven't found a nice, concise answer to the question.
What are the most important differences between the ...
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Where to put license for MIT licensed code on website
I'm a freelance web developer building a site for a client. I found some code I'd like to use on CodePen which uses the MIT License. As far as I understand the license, I can use the code freely on my ...
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How should I assert copyright when I'm forking an MIT project?
I have an open source software project licensed under MIT.
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2016 Håvard Fossli
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any ....
I found ...
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If I translate/port a repository from one programming language to another, do I need to use the license file (Github) from that original project?
If I translate/port a repository from one programming language to another, do I need to use the license file (Github) from that original project? Or can I use my own license file.
I intend to use the ...
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I am using a MIT licensed module in a closed source project. What are my obligations?
I am using diverse module under the MIT license in my project. The project consist of a webserver, which will be closed source, commercial, and will not be distributed.
As I understand the MIT ...
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Can I make typographical changes to the MIT license?
If I make some typographical changes to the default MIT license, does it still count as the MIT license?
Example
Copyright (c)© [year], [organisation]
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to ...
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How should I re-license the scaffold code for my new application? (it is licensed under MIT)
If you notice the following scaffold starter kit source code is licensed under MIT throughout the code base. Even the configuration file contain a header of MIT licensed by the creator.
Assuming, I ...
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How can I use an MIT license for code but protect the copyright of photos in my repository?
My project is a fork of a project that comes with the MIT license and nobody wants to change the license that applies to the software. However, some of the content that is also stored on GitHub is not ...
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Adding feature to an Apache v2 package
I'm working on one npm package based on another one but with another approach, this package is licenced under Apache v2 and I want to use MIT. After some use of my package I've noticed I need to use ...
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Re-implementing MIT licensed software in another language
I have re-implemented a library in Golang which was originally in Python.
The original Python library carries an MIT license, which gives me "without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge,...
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can I remove files and folders in a PHP package without violating its license?
Let's say I'm working on a PHP application and I want to integrate some PHP packages like TWIG. Using Composer or some other automated management or code assisting technologies is irrelevant here. All ...
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License for code snippets?
I share small snippets of code with friends, and would like to post them online for others to use.
I'm not sure of the best license?
I was thinking MIT, but it includes this clause:
The above ...
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Can I modify an open source license to require that I be notified?
I often use the MIT license for my projects.
But recently I've had the thought that I really would like to be notified if someone forked my software, whether it's for personal use, released or not I ...
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Relicensing an MIT licensed project under the GPL that has non code contributions from others
I have an Android Game I've written that I released under the MIT license. Recently, there have been several people who have downloaded the source of my application, added ads and uploaded it to the ...
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Where would I give credit to an MIT licensed project, in an iOS app?
I would like to include a pod that I found on cocoa pods and its an animation of a button. It is licensed under MIT licence: https://cocoapods.org/pods/DynamicButton
In the licence it states:
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How much is "substantial portion" in MIT licence?
MIT license says:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
How much is that substantial portion?
For ...
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What license do I apply to my software if parts of its code is derived from MIT licensed open source software?
This is the first time I'm handling licenses and could use some guidance in this matter.
I have developed a piece of Java software where parts of the code is derived from different classes licensed ...
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Does reading code and re-implementing the logic, and releasing under your name count as a licensing violation of MIT?
I'm not clear on what counts as a "copy" in the case of code.
If I read your code, that was MIT licensed, implement a similar logic on my own and use no code fragments from the original author, does ...
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How to licence a project which includes MIT, BSD, Modified BSD, and New BSD libraries
I've been working on a project for a while, and I'm almost ready to release it, but I've been more concerned with getting it to build than legal considerations, and now I'm not at all sure where I ...
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Does the MIT license's right to "sublicense" allow me to change the license of someone else's work?
I understand that, generally speaking, you may not issue a license on a copyrighted work if you do not own the copyright to that work. Licensing is an exclusive right of the copyright holder. Instead, ...
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Can I move an in-line license to a file?
I am currently using a library that is licensed under MIT.
Each file of the library has a in-line comment containing the standard MIT license text in full length, which is kind of repetitive in my ...
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How to apply the MIT License to a program including its embedded resource data?
I would like to apply the MIT License to all artifacts of an open source software project, i.e. its full source code, but also its resource data such as graphics or localized string lists that are ...
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Using an MIT licensed library in my project
I am using a library that is under the MIT license. I never used a library that I needed to include the license before, so I have no idea where to add them. I read that I should add them in my file, ...
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What type of notices and licenses do I need to add when adding (and modifying) code from an Apache 2.0 codebase to my own MIT codebase?
I want to add code from an Apache 2.0 software to my own code base which is MIT. I know that generally these are compatible but my worry is how to add the Apache 2.0 code with the appropriate ...
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What license options do I have for licensing ported source code?
If, I port Ruby on Rails (licensed under MIT) from Ruby to Java what license options do I have? Would I have to use MIT or a compatible license?
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Do I retain right to my extension's logo if I use MIT Licence in my Firefox extension?
I created a Firefox extension and put its code on GitHub. The code includes the logo of my extension for use as its icon. I created the that logo myself.
I want to build my portfolio and thus want to ...
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Release code with MIT dependencies under GPL
I am creating a game and want to release the code under a copyleft license (GPL 2 or 3).
So far, so good, but there are multiple MIT-licensed library dependencies.
Can I still release my code under ...
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What's the usual procedure when using MIT or BSD-2-Clause licensed source code with something like `<script src="…`, `require(…` or `import …`?
This is not a legal question. It might touch the legal aspects around Open Source licenses but I need general help understanding how they work and what the usual procedure is.
Part 1 of my question: ...
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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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Is the MIT license suitable for documentation?
On choosealicense.com, there's a section that says:
Any open source software license or open license for media (see above) is applicable to software documentation
This implies that the MIT license ...
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License notice for BSD and MIT licenses
Should I put the complete text of BSD or MIT license to every file?
For longer licenses like GPL or MPL, there is a license notice. It is relatively short text that says what license is selected for ...
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MIT notice in firmware for devices with no user interface
The MIT license says:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
In case of proprietary software, there is usually ...
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Using GPL library with MIT licensed code
Let's say I created a project containing hundreds of source files under the MIT License (most of which I wrote myself for this project). Now I want to add a GPL library to the project, that will be ...
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How to use MIT license in a project?
Let's say i used a MIT program as a base for a new project, and modified about 50% of the program files.
How should i specify that the program is a derivative work?
Do i need to keep track of every ...
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Choosing a License for a Tutorial Site
I apologize in advance for what is probably a dumb question, but I'm trying to do this the right way from the beginning.
I'm putting together a coding tutorial site, and my main question boils down ...
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Including untouched LGPL library in a MIT-licenced project
Can I include a library licenced under LGPL 2.1 in an MIT-licenced project without any legal problems?
Since it's not a compiled language, I would provide the full untouched source code of the ...
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Where to show the MIT license for a webpage theme?
I have found 1-2 interesting Jekyll webpage themes that have the MIT license (on http://jekyllthemes.org/).
I want to use an adjusted version of these themes for my webpage and I understand that I ...
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Can an NPM package have an MIT license on github if it depends on MIT packages with BSD-2, BSD-3 and Apache 2 licenses
I am trying to understand if an NPM package can be open-source on GitHub with an MIT license if it depends on NPM packages that are open-source on GitHub with a BSD-2, BSD-3, Apache 1 or Apache 2 ...
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Can I sell my MIT-licensed software if it is modified by others?
Suppose I create some software from scratch. I sell the software, but I also keep it open source under the MIT License. Someone forks my repository and makes some great improvements to my software. ...
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If someone purchases a MIT license for code that is otherwise GPLv3, may they redistribute it? May they upload it on Github?
A fellow developer has done something that has made me curious, he has a popular javascript front-end package on GitHub which for years was licensed under MIT, then all of a sudden he released a v2 ...
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Can I copy code licensed under Apache 2 to a project licensed under MIT? [duplicate]
I found a useful class in a project that is licensed under Apache 2.0. Can I copy it to a project licensed under MIT license? Add the library as dependency is not an option.
Ideally the answer should ...
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Can a team be the copyright holder (MIT)?
I'm developing in a team of OSS developers and currently my name is specified in all LICENSE files or copyright headers. But, as it's a teamwork instead of writing "Copyright (c) 2017 MY Name" I would ...
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Why doesn't the MIT license have "patent use" permission?
From https://choosealicense.com/licenses/ and https://choosealicense.com/appendix/ I notice that the MIT license doesn't have "patent use" permisson like other popular open source licenses.
What ...
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What if somebody removed my name from MIT license
Case: I developed a software and uploaded it to Github with MIT license.
To apply the license, I created a LICENSE file with MIT license preamble (as mentioned in choosealicense.com)
Somebody cloned(...
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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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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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