As a follow up note below, the reason for the question is that we are developing a software product by using certain OSI products governed by the MIT License. The question is whether under that license, we need to provide attribution (i.e., including the copyright and permissions statement) in the product we are developing.
We are not redistributing the MIT licensed software, but rather using the software in the build/development of our software. Thanks. Brian K. Hasson, CPA, CIA Chief Financial Officer idea5 4509 South 143rd Street Suite 5 Omaha, NE 68137 O: (402) 934-7613 C: (813) 293-2745 www.idea5inc.com Success doesn’t come from ideas. Success comes from executing ideas. – Dharmesh Shah -----Original Message----- From: Brian Hasson Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 10:40 AM To: 'license-discuss@opensource.org' Subject: FW: [Trademark enquiries] MIT License attribution question I am following up on the question I posted to the OSI website. The MIT license states, "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." My question: "Software" as defined represents the software that is being used under the MIT License, correct? If so, the condition statement would imply that the copyright notice and permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the "Software". Meaning, the software under the MIT License, or meaning the software being developed that is using the "Software" under the MIT license? If this is not clear, please call me at 402-934-7613. Thank you. Brian K. Hasson, CPA, CIA Chief Financial Officer idea5 4509 South 143rd Street Suite 5 Omaha, NE 68137 O: (402) 934-7613 C: (813) 293-2745 www.idea5inc.com Success doesn’t come from ideas. Success comes from executing ideas. – Dharmesh Shah -----Original Message----- From: webmas...@opensource.org [mailto:webmas...@opensource.org] On Behalf Of tradema...@opensource.org Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 10:28 AM To: Brian Hasson Subject: [Trademark enquiries] MIT License attribution question Thanks for contacting the Open Source Initiative. We will try to respond to your email shortly, but because of the volume of requests o...@opensource.org receives, we may not be able to respond to all emails in a timely mannner. If you have emailed o...@opensource.org directly, please consider using the contact form at http://opensource.org/contact - that will automatically direct your request to the right people. Below are some other information sources and contact points that may answer your questions. Membership: If you're writing with a question about our new membership program (either for individuals or groups), please contact members...@opensource.org (or see http://opensource.org/members). Licenses: If you have a question about open source licenses, our FAQ is the best place to start for license inquiries: http://opensource.org/faq If the FAQ does not answer your question, please contact license-discuss@opensource.org. (Note that messages sent to this address will be viewed and answered by the public at large.) Media: If you're a member of the media, and are looking for an interview, answers to specific questions, or other media-related inquiries, please contact pr...@opensource.org. Trademarks: If you'd like to use our trademarks or logo (such as the phrase "Open Source" or the keyhole logo), please review our Trademark Guidelines at http://opensource.org/trademark-guidelines If that does not address your question, or you would like to discuss licensing the mark, please email tradema...@opensource.org. _______________________________________________ License-discuss mailing list License-discuss@opensource.org http://projects.opensource.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/license-discuss
