[License-discuss] [Trademark enquiries] MIT License attribution question

[Brian Hasson]

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 at 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

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Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2014 10:28 AM
To: Brian Hasson
Subject: [Trademark enquiries] MIT License attribution question

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