Apr 21, 2013

Apply the MIT License to software

This is a method to publish software that applied the MIT License.
In order to declare the software license,

  • Describe license in the file header comment
  • Include license text as text file
  • Display license text on the installer

And so on.

An easy way is to include text file.
Template of the MIT license is open to the public at the following websites.

Open Source Initiative
http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

Japanese translation by Open Source Group Japan
http://sourceforge.jp/projects/opensource/wiki/licenses%2FMIT_license

Copy the template and put your name in , and put also development year in
Save the file as "LICENSE.txt" and distribute software, and this method is complete.

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