MIT許可證

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MIT許可證（MIT License），也被稱作為X License或X11 License，源自於麻省理工學院使用在電腦軟體上的授權模式。是一個非Copyleft自由軟件許可證，這表示使用 MIT 許可證的軟體可以被用在私有軟體上。

使用MIT許可證的軟體包括了Expat、PuTTY、Mono 發展函式庫、Ruby on Rails，以及X Window系統。

授權文字的內容如下：

Copyright (c) <year> <copyright holders>

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.

[编辑] 與其他許可證的比較

MIT許可證的功能類似於3-clause BSD許可證，主要的差別在於3-clause BSD許可證禁止將版權擁有人的名字用於廣告上。

[编辑] 外部連結

• MIT許可證樣板