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Is Linux MIT license?
Linux Mint is copyrighted since 2006 and trademarked through the Linux Mark Institute.
Is MIT license compatible with GPL?
The MIT License is compatible with many copyleft licenses, such as the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). Any software licensed under the terms of the MIT License can be integrated with software licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Does Linux use GPL?
The Linux Kernel is provided under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only (GPL-2.0), as published by the Free Software Foundation, and provided in the COPYING file.
Should I use MIT license?
The MIT license is a great choice because it allows you to share your code under a copyleft license without forcing others to expose their proprietary code, it’s business friendly and open source friendly while still allowing for monetization.
Is MIT compatible with BSD?
MIT-licensed projects can be used/redistributed in BSD-licensed projects. BSD-licensed projects can be used/redistributed in MIT-licensed projects. The MIT and the BSD 2-clause licenses are essentially identical.
Can an MIT license be revoked?
Since the license covers distribution the terms you agreed to when they distributed it to you still apply, they can’t suddenly revoke an MIT library that has been in use for years.
Is MIT License good for commercial use?
MIT licenses allow commercial use. As the MIT license falls in the BSD-style class of licenses, users do not have to provide any other source code when releasing new software. Including the attributions and original MIT license in the reused code will suffice, making MIT licenses suitable for commercial use.
Is the GPL more restrictive than the MIT License?
You are correct that the GPL is more restrictive than the MIT license. You cannot include GPL code in a MIT licensed product. If you distribute a combined work that combines GPL and MIT code (except in some particular situations, e.g. ‘mere aggregation’), that distribution must be compliant with the GPL.
Is it possible to distribute the MIT-licensed code?
You can distribute it as a closed app where the code is encrypted or is a binary. Including the MIT-licensed code can be encrypted, as long as it carries the MIT license notice. is the GPL is more restrictive than the MIT license?
Can I combine MIT code with GPL code?
While you can combine GPL and MIT code, the GPL is tainting. Which means the package as a whole gets the limitations of the GPL. As that is more restrictive you can no longer use it in commercial (or rather closed source) software. Which also means if you have a MIT/BSD/ASL project you will not want to add dependencies to GPL code.
Is it possible to include a GPL code in a project?
You can. GPL is free software as well as MIT is, both licenses do not restrict you to bring together the code where as “include” is always two-way. In copyright for a combined work (that is two or more works form together a work), it does not make much of a difference if the one work is “larger” than the other or not.