MIT

License description

The MIT License is a highly permissive open-source license that allows extensive freedom for using, modifying, and distributing software. It is simple and widely adopted, designed to encourage collaboration and reuse without imposing significant restrictions.

What the MIT License Allows You to Do:

  1. Use for Any Purpose
    You are free to use the software in any setting, including personal, educational, commercial, or governmental projects.
  2. Modify the Software
    The license allows you to alter the source code to suit your specific needs, whether it’s small tweaks or extensive customizations.
  3. Distribute Modifications
    You can redistribute the original software or your modified versions in any form—source code, compiled binaries, or packaged applications.
  4. Incorporate into Other Software
    The MIT License permits integration into both open-source and proprietary projects. There’s no obligation to make your combined work open-source.
  5. Commercial Use
    You can sell or include the software as part of a commercial product or service without needing to pay royalties or seek additional permissions.

What You Must Do:

  1. Include Attribution
    You must retain the original copyright notice and a copy of the license in all copies or substantial portions of the software.

What the MIT License Does Not Do:

  • No Warranty or Liability Protection: The software is provided “as is,” meaning the creators are not responsible for any issues, damages, or legal claims arising from its use.

The MIT License is designed to maximize freedom for users and developers, making it one of the most flexible and popular choices in the open-source community.

License copy

Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER>

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.