---
title: MIT License
label: mit
source: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

description: A permissive license that is short and to the point. It lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty.

how: Create a text file (typically named LICENSE or LICENSE.txt) in the root of your source code and copy the text of the license into the file. Replace [year] with the current year and [fullname] with the name (or names) of the copyright holders.

required:
  - include-copyright

permitted:
  - commercial-use
  - modifications
  - distribution
  - sublicense
  - private-use

forbidden:
  - no-liability
