3 ms·

Don’t call this the MIT license. That’s attribution to a real place. At least call it the Expat-0 license!

by mattl 5y ago

ProAm 5y ago
It's not the first time amazon took something from someone else, repackaged it and sold it as their own. AmazonBasics-0
- adolph 5y ago
  Maybe OpenMIT-0 license, then OpenLicence-0 license (N. America) and OpenLicense-0 license (Atlantic East trademark zone)
- sixstringtheory 5y ago
  You joke but I was legitimately wondering why they didn’t just call it the AWS license.
  - CSSer 5y ago
    I’m just spit balling here, but it sounds like problematic brand association to me. I could see how someone might think that would mean any code written by or for AWS uses this license. Maybe in MIT’s case that’s not as problematic? But tbh, I’m on my phone atm and I don’t know much about the MIT license’s history or origin. Are most developers bad at licenses? I’m feeling pretty naïve right now.
    - giancarlostoro 5y ago
      Anecdotal but the majority of developers I run into have no true understanding of a majority of software licenses, if any at all. In my younger years I sat down with a developer who did know and got a summary about literally every license I could think of, and its still stuck in my head since. I feel like colleges should really cover them in some capacity with examples of lawsuits related to licensing disputes.
WoodenChair 5y ago
Yeah and it will also create a huge amount of unnecessary confusion. Very poor naming decision.
- nerdponx 5y ago
  The cynic in me thinks it must have been deliberate.
ignoramous 5y ago
I think the name is a nod to BSD0 (BSD zero-clause) with MIT being equivalent to BSD3 (BSD three-clause).
ghaff 5y ago
The MIT license has a bit of a weird history between Expat and X. I spent way too much time looking into this a few years ago. The bottom line is that people were more casual about things in those days. https://opensource.com/article/19/4/history-mit-license https://opensource.com/article/19/4/history-mit-license
amelius 5y ago
"MIT-0" != "MIT"
- detaro 5y ago
  "Don't use a confusing name!" "But the name is not exactly identical!" ... really?
  - amelius 5y ago
    "MIT" was confusing to begin with.

Don’t call this the MIT license. That’s attribution to a real place. At least call it the Expat-0 license!

by mattl 5y ago

Don’t call this the MIT license. That’s attribution to a real place. At least call it the Expat-0 license!

ProAm 5y ago

It's not the first time amazon took something from someone else, repackaged it and sold it as their own. AmazonBasics-0

adolph 5y ago
Maybe OpenMIT-0 license, then OpenLicence-0 license (N. America) and OpenLicense-0 license (Atlantic East trademark zone)
sixstringtheory 5y ago
You joke but I was legitimately wondering why they didn’t just call it the AWS license.
- CSSer 5y ago
  I’m just spit balling here, but it sounds like problematic brand association to me. I could see how someone might think that would mean any code written by or for AWS uses this license. Maybe in MIT’s case that’s not as problematic? But tbh, I’m on my phone atm and I don’t know much about the MIT license’s history or origin. Are most developers bad at licenses? I’m feeling pretty naïve right now.
  - giancarlostoro 5y ago
    Anecdotal but the majority of developers I run into have no true understanding of a majority of software licenses, if any at all. In my younger years I sat down with a developer who did know and got a summary about literally every license I could think of, and its still stuck in my head since. I feel like colleges should really cover them in some capacity with examples of lawsuits related to licensing disputes.

WoodenChair 5y ago

Yeah and it will also create a huge amount of unnecessary confusion. Very poor naming decision.

nerdponx 5y ago
The cynic in me thinks it must have been deliberate.

ignoramous 5y ago

I think the name is a nod to BSD0 (BSD zero-clause) with MIT being equivalent to BSD3 (BSD three-clause).

ghaff 5y ago

The MIT license has a bit of a weird history between Expat and X. I spent way too much time looking into this a few years ago. The bottom line is that people were more casual about things in those days. https://opensource.com/article/19/4/history-mit-license https://opensource.com/article/19/4/history-mit-license

amelius 5y ago

"MIT-0" != "MIT"

detaro 5y ago
"Don't use a confusing name!" "But the name is not exactly identical!" ... really?
- amelius 5y ago
  "MIT" was confusing to begin with.