Se utilizzo i componenti con licenza MIT nel mio software, i miei clienti possono rivenderli?

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La mia lettura amatoriale della licenza MIT suggerisce che qualsiasi software è distribuito ai miei clienti contenenti componenti con licenza MIT che possono essere liberamente ridistribuiti nella sua interezza.

Permission is hereby granted [...] to deal in the Software without restriction, including [...] the rights to [...] distribute [...] copies of the Software.

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

Non è chiaro se "il Software" si riferisce all'intera applicazione o solo al singolo componente con licenza MIT. Quindi qual è?

    
posta recursive 15.08.2014 - 19:02
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Secondo Wikipedia , "il Software" si riferisce solo al componente con licenza MIT.

L'articolo afferma

It is a permissive free software license, meaning that it permits reuse within proprietary software provided all copies of the licensed software include a copy of the MIT License terms and the copyright notice. Such proprietary software retains its proprietary nature even though it incorporates software under the MIT License.

Ecco la licenza (da OpenSource.org ):

The MIT License (MIT)

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.

Ho evidenziato l'importante frase in cui mi sembra di definire il termine "Software" come "questo software e i file di documentazione associati", in riferimento al componente coperto dalla licenza MIT.

    
risposta data 15.08.2014 - 19:29
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