MITor X11 License
Under Construction
Source: OSI text (2009Jul07)
The earliest form of this license, first used for the X Window System, appears to have been the first open source license. It is commonly called the MIT licenses because the X project began at MIT.
¶1¶1ṣ1Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>
¶2¶2ṣ1Permission 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:
¶3¶3ṣ1The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
¶4¶4ṣ1THE 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.
¶4ṣ2IN 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.
- thomas · alspaugh @ acm · org
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