The MIT license is also tiny! I could possibly see this as a novel way to generate a license the first time for a project (eg. save it in the source tree). How

The MIT license is also tiny! I could possibly see this as a novel way to generate a license the first time for a project (eg. save it in the source tree). However, linking to a version has such a slight benefit, and many potential negatives, that I can't really see why someone would want to do it.