Does the MIT license require attribution in a binary only distribution?
No. The MIT license requires you to include in the final product the copyright notice and the permission notice for the part of code that derives from the MIT-licensed code.
How do I comply with MIT?
How to comply with it?
- Don’t change the copyright notice in any files from the MIT licensed project.
- If there is an attribution clause (some variations do) then your application needs to say that it uses code from the MIT licensed project.
Is MIT copyrighted?
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Is the MIT license required in a binary only?
If the ‘software’ is source code, that’s easy. Just don’t erase the license and copyright. If the ‘software’ is binary, then add an “about tab” or even a link to a web page that indicates that somewhere in the binary there is code that has the MIT license that the copyright indicator of the code author.
Is the MIT License compatible with open source?
Code created under these licenses, or derived from such code, may go “closed” and developments can be made under that proprietary license, which are lost to the open source community. For the same reason, however, these licenses are very flexible and compatible with almost every form of open source license.
What is the meaning of the MIT License?
These licenses, as applied to the original licensed code, allow that code to be used in proprietary software and do not require that open source versions of the code be dis- tributed.
How to copy the MIT license for the library?
It’s simple, copy the MIT license for the library to your distribution. The usual way to satisfy the obligation that the license and acknowledgements be included in all copies of the software, if the software is interactive, is to display it in an “About” page or a startup message. That way the license notice is inseparable from the software.