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the main difference is that this essentially places the work in the public domain, where the MIT license means it's freely available, but the copyright is still
by dkuntz2 13y ago
the main difference is that this essentially places the work in the public domain, where the MIT license means it's freely available, but the copyright is still the creator's. Also, thou have to retain the MIT license and distribute it with all subsequent works.
- aprescott 13y agoI don't think this is true. MIT explicitly allows sublicensing, meaning you can essentially just change the license on any derivative. The copyright notice needs to remain, though.