Review MIT Software License

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Free And Open Source License

The MIT License was created by the Computer Systems Research (CSR) Group of the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science (MIT–LCS) in 1988.

The MIT License aimed to create a simple and permissive license that would encourage collaboration and widespread adoption.

The license was designed to empower developers to use, modify, and distribute software with few restrictions. The permissive license allows for the inclusion of the software in proprietary projects, provided that the license and copyright notice are included.

Requirements For MIT License

Glossary

SPDX

Software Package Data Exchange is an open standard capable of representing systems with digital components as bills of materials (BOMs).

OSI

Open Source Initiative approves certain licenses as compatible with the definition, and maintains a list of compliant license.

GNU GPL

GNU General Public License guarantee end users the freedoms to run, study, share, or modify the software.

MIT Software License Review

Software License
Name Description SPDX Identifier Projects
MIT License Permissive software license. MIT Node.js, jQuery, React
MIT/X Consortium License X11 permissive software license. X11 X Window System
MIT No Attribution License public domain equivalent software license. MIT-0 Reactive Streams
Name Description SPDX Identifier Projects

MIT License Sample

MIT License

Copyright (c) [year] [fullname]

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Permissions

  • Commercial use
  • Distribution
  • Modification
  • Private use

Conditions

  • License and copyright notice must be included

Limitations

  • Liability not provided
  • Warranty not provided

MIT Software License
MIT Software License Sample”


Open Source

The MIT License is an open-source license. The permissive license has conditions requiring preservation of copyright and license notices. It allows commercial use, modification, distribution, and allows making derivatives proprietary, consult the license for more specific details.

Conclusion:

The MIT License is a free and open-source permissive license that was designed to empower developers to use, modify and distribute software with few restrictions.

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