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It is not clear if what What are the *restrictions* in permissive licenses like MIT or Apache 2.0?

If I (or a company where I work) use a source code part from an open source project licensed under a permissive license like MIT or Apache 2.0 it is clear I can modify, edit etc it.

  • What is not clear for me, is it mandatory to have the resulting product also under a permissive open source license?

  • If it is not mandatory, how it differs from "do whatever you want", I mean except, the expectation to show the original license when distributing?

  • Say the company dodoes not distribute it at all, just uses it in modified form as a part internal commercial production process, say banking industry?

It is not clear if what are the *restrictions* in permissive licenses like MIT or Apache 2.0

If I (or a company where I work) use a source code part from an open source project licensed under a permissive license like MIT or Apache 2.0 it is clear I can modify, edit etc it.

  • What is not clear for me, is it mandatory to have the resulting product also under a permissive open source license?

  • If it is not mandatory, how it differs from "do whatever you want", I mean except, the expectation to show the original license when distributing?

  • Say the company do not distribute it at all, just uses it in modified form as a part internal commercial production process, say banking industry?

What are the *restrictions* in permissive licenses like MIT or Apache 2.0?

If I (or a company where I work) use a source code part from an open source project licensed under a permissive license like MIT or Apache 2.0 it is clear I can modify, edit etc it.

  • What is not clear for me, is it mandatory to have the resulting product also under a permissive open source license?

  • If it is not mandatory, how it differs from "do whatever you want", I mean except, the expectation to show the original license when distributing?

  • Say the company does not distribute it at all, just uses it in modified form as a part internal commercial production process, say banking industry?

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g.pickardou
g.pickardou
  • 121
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It is not clear if what are the *restrictions* in permissive licenses like MIT or Apache 2.0

If I (or a company where I work) use a source code part from an open source project licensed under a permissive license like MIT or Apache 2.0 it is clear I can modify, edit etc it.

  • What is not clear for me, is it mandatory to have the resulting product also under a permissive open source license?

  • If it is not mandatory, how it differs from "do whatever you want", I mean except, the expectation to show the original license when distributing?

  • Say the company do not distribute it at all, just uses it in modified form as a part internal commercial production process, say banking industry?