MIT License

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free software license permissive license software license

The MIT License is a widely used, permissive free software license that allows reuse with minimal restrictions, including in proprietary software.

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Surface form Occurrences
MIT license 4
MIT Expat License 1
MIT License (for core open-source repository) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf free software license ⓘ
permissive license ⓘ
software license ⓘ
allows commercial use ⓘ
distribution ⓘ
modification ⓘ
private use ⓘ
sublicensing ⓘ
use in proprietary software ⓘ
category free and open-source software license ⓘ
open source license ⓘ
copyleft no ⓘ
disclaims liability ⓘ
warranty ⓘ
grants permission free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of the software ⓘ
rights to copy the software ⓘ
rights to distribute the software ⓘ
rights to merge the software ⓘ
rights to modify the software ⓘ
rights to publish the software ⓘ
rights to sell copies of the software ⓘ
rights to sublicense the software ⓘ
rights to use the software ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Expat License ⓘ
MIT License ⓘ
surface form: MIT Expat License
hasCondition conditions stated in the copyright notice must be met ⓘ
hasNoRequirement to disclose source code ⓘ
to license derivative works under the same terms ⓘ
imposes minimal restrictions on reuse ⓘ
isApprovedBy Open Source Initiative ⓘ
isCompatibleWith GNU General Public License ⓘ
surface form: GNU General Public License version 3

many other free software licenses ⓘ
isPopular yes ⓘ
isShort yes ⓘ
isUsedFor applications ⓘ
libraries ⓘ
open source software projects ⓘ
proprietary software components ⓘ
jurisdiction worldwide ⓘ
liabilityClause IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY ⓘ
licenseType permissive ⓘ
originatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
requires inclusion of license text in substantial portions of the software ⓘ
preservation of copyright notice ⓘ
preservation of permission notice ⓘ
that copyright and permission notices be included in all copies or substantial portions of the software ⓘ
textBeginsWith Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy ⓘ
warrantyClause THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MIT License → hasAlternativeName → MIT License ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT Expat License
PyPy → hasLicense → MIT License ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT license
.NET Core → license → MIT License ⓘ
Alpine Linux → license → MIT License ⓘ
Angular → license → MIT License ⓘ
Bevy game engine → license → MIT License ⓘ
subject surface form: Bevy
Bitcoin Core → license → MIT License ⓘ
Bun → license → MIT License ⓘ
ChakraCore → license → MIT License ⓘ
CoffeeScript → license → MIT License ⓘ
subject surface form: DefinitelyTyped
Deno → license → MIT License ⓘ
Doom Emacs → license → MIT License ⓘ
Express.js → license → MIT License ⓘ
FastAPI → license → MIT License ⓘ
FreeDOS → license → MIT License ⓘ
Grunt → license → MIT License ⓘ
Keras → license → MIT License ⓘ
MAUI → license → MIT License ⓘ
MicroPython → license → MIT License ⓘ
Mocha → license → MIT License ⓘ
NestJS → license → MIT License ⓘ
Node.js → license → MIT License ⓘ
OpenAI Baselines → license → MIT License ⓘ
OpenAI Gym → license → MIT License ⓘ
PSCP → license → MIT License ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT-style license
Pageant → license → MIT License ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT license
Plink → license → MIT License ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT license
Plotly → license → MIT License ⓘ
PowerShell → license → MIT License ⓘ
PuTTY → license → MIT License ⓘ
React → license → MIT License ⓘ
ReasonML → license → MIT License ⓘ
Rust → license → MIT License ⓘ
Svelte → license → MIT License ⓘ
tokio → license → MIT License ⓘ
subject surface form: Tokio
Vapor (web framework) → license → MIT License ⓘ
subject surface form: Vapor
Visual Studio Code → license → MIT License ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT License (for core open-source repository)
Vue.js → license → MIT License ⓘ
Wayland → license → MIT License ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT license
actix-web → license → MIT License ⓘ
ripgrep → license → MIT License ⓘ
Whisper → softwareLicense → MIT License ⓘ