"Compliance in Qicai Talk" is a new content section launched by Prism Qicai, covering basic knowledge of open source compliance, common license translation, common compliance Q&A and other modules. Prism Colorful Open Source Compliance Department focuses on open source license research, providing you with authoritative license translation references and answers to questions.
Open Source Compliance Step One: Understanding Open Source Licenses
The essence of an open source license is a format contract that grants users the right to freely use, modify, and distribute open source code through specific terms. For open source compliance governance, you first need to understand the terms and conditions in the open source license.
The "Yuanyizhi" project is an open source public welfare translation project initiated by the Open Atom Open Source Foundation, focusing on the professional and community-based high-quality translation of open source related content such as open source licenses, judicial cases, professional books, key reports and community information , which aims to promote consensus through co-translation, promote communication and understanding between different contexts and jurisdictions in the field of open source, so as to feed back the open source ecology.
The MIT License
MIT LICENSE
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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:
Any person who receives a copy of this software and related documentation (collectively "Software") is hereby granted a free, unrestricted license to exploit this software, including without limitation: use, copy, modify, incorporate, publish, distribute, distribute license and/or sell copies of this software, and permit recipients of this software to also receive the foregoing license, 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 above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included on all copies or major 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.
This software is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. In no event shall the author or copyright holder be liable for any claim, whether in contract, tort, or otherwise, arising out of, arising from, or related to the software, or the use or other exploitation of the software , damages or other liabilities.
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Translation statement: This Chinese translation is based on the translations submitted by Lotus, Peaksol, and Vanessa, and was reviewed by Professor Zhou Minghui, Wei Sir, and Shen Fen at the 20230115 translation review meeting. This translation authorizes you to use, copy and distribute according to CC0. But please also note that this translation is not an official translation, it is only translated for ease of reading, understanding, and discussion. The Open Atom Open Source Foundation does not provide any express or implied guarantees related to this translation. For the original text of the MIT license, please see:
https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
Project introduction: The "Yuanyishi" translation project is an open source public welfare translation project initiated by the Open Atom Open Source Foundation, which aims to seek a consensus on open source through joint translation. At present, this project mainly involves the translation of open source licenses, open source cases, open source books and open source information. For more information, see:
https://openatom.org/legal-IP.