On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 02:39:56 +0000 MJ Ray wrote:
> I think that's the one. There are several often called MIT. Someone
> has moved the copy on X.org to which
> http://www.fr.debian.org/legal/licenses/ links - has anyone
> a new URL besides the failed open source initiative, please?
AFAIK, the two most famous licenses ambiguously called "MIT license",
are:
a) the Expat license (http://www.jclark.com/xml/copying.txt)
b) the X11 license (formerly http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html)
The latter URL (http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html) has been useful
for long time, but now seems to have vanished.
Another URL (http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.6/COPYRIGHT2.html#3) includes
something that resembles to the X11 license, but it rather seems to be
an Expat license with an added final no-advertising/no-promotion clause
similar to the one found in the X11 license.
I'm pretty sure the "real" X11 license (the one once found at
http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html, now vanished) has other
differences that distinguish it from the Expat license.
Namely:
a) the condition explicitly mentions that the copyright notice and
license text must be included in supporting documentation (as well as in
the Software or any substantial portion)
b) permission to sublicense is not explicitly mentioned
These two differences seem to be negligible, since the term "Software"
includes "associated documentation files" and the list of granted rights
is exemplary, not exhaustive ("Permission is hereby granted [...] to
deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
the rights to [...]").
Nonetheless, the X11 and Expat license texts differ in those details too
(not only for the presence of the final no-advertising/no-promotion
clause).
Has anyone found another URL for the "real" X11 license (the one that
used to live at http://www.x.org/Downloads_terms.html)?
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