The MIT License (MIT)

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Data Sheet for The MIT License (MIT)

License Attribute	Value
Full Name	The MIT License
SPDX Short Name	MIT
Author	unknown
Latest Version	unknown
Publication Date	unknown
Author URI	unknown
OSI URI	https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
Linking	Permissive
Distribution	Permissive
Modification	Permissive
Patent Grant	Yes
Private Use	Yes
Sub-licensing	Permissive
Trademark Grant	No

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Note: The following is an excerpt from the Open Source Initiative web site. It is provided here as a convenience and is not authoritative. Refer to the original document as the authoritative reference. https://opensource.org/licenses/MITBegin license text.Copyright <YEAR> <COPYRIGHT HOLDER>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.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.End license text.