MIT License

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MIT License

Broad reuse with one durable duty: preserve the copyright and license notice.

Good fit: Small libraries and products that want the lightest conventional compliance footprint.

Reciprocity

None

Patent use

Not explicit here

Bundled text

Template text

Decision signal

Keep the notice

Small libraries and products that want the lightest conventional compliance footprint.

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The text does not contain the explicit patent grant found in Apache-2.0.

Rights, duties, and boundaries

Permissions

  • Commercial use
  • Modification
  • Distribution
  • Private use

Conditions

  • License and copyright notice

Limitations

  • Liability
  • Warranty

Implementation identifiers

machine-readable

Source-file header

SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT

package.json

"license": "MIT"

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Included license text

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.

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Canonical SPDX text

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GPL compatibleListed yes

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