"MIT license" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: MIT License [canonical]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=MIT License}} MIT License
  1. (law, software) A free-software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Categories (topical): Copyright licenses, Law, Software Hypernyms: license Translations (Translations): MIT-lisenssi (Finnish), MIT-Lizenz [feminine] (German), X-Lizenz [feminine] (German), X11-Lizenz [feminine] (German), licență MIT [feminine] (Romanian), MIT-licens [common-gender] (Swedish), MIT Lisansı (Turkish)

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