[REUSE] MIT License

[Carmen Bianca Bakker]

CC'ing mailing list again. Please keep the mailing list included :)

If I get this right, you have a single PHP file that contains code from
5 different projects. All code is licensed MIT.

At a minimum, you should add a header like this:

# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
#
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Author 1
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Author 2
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Author 3
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Author 4
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Author 5
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Ashkar Dev

You should also include the full MIT license text *somewhere*. REUSE
says it should be in the LICENSES/ directory.

Does that answer your question?

Kindly,
Carmen



Je ven, 2020-04-10 je 01:19 +0300, Ashkar Dev skribis:
> I mean I have all licenses and they are all MIT License, but for example, if a PHP code page includes more than 5 part of codes from that different MIT License Projects
> if I add all my Licenses at the top of the file is it enough? so at this point, the license of all used codes are added to the file with other licenses(may include license and it was not used).
> 
> On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 12:45 AM Carmen Bianca Bakker <carmenbianca at fsfe.org> wrote:
> > CC'ing mailing list. Full quote at the bottom.
> > 
> > 
> > Je ven, 2020-04-10 je 00:11 +0300, Ashkar Dev skribis:
> > > 
> > > Thanks for replay
> > > These are explanations of my question:
> > > 
> > > if I have a page and it includes some codes, some of them are mine code and there is also some part from some MIT Licensed Projects so is it legal to add all licenses at the top? I mean not adding the License directly with the code but at the top of its file.
> > > 
> > > because I am on developing a project and used MIT Licensed codes of others and I collected the Licenses but now I'm not sure which code is with which license and also the code was may be modified so if at each of my code files I add just all license texts is it enough right?
> > 
> > That's a tough one. You should make sure which code is under which
> > licence. If you somehow can't do that, that's a bit of trouble which I
> > don't know the answer to.
> > 
> > > > Standard disclaimer that I'm a lawyer and can't give legal advice.
> > > 
> > > you meant you are a lawyer but it's not legal advice, right?
> > 
> > Fix: I'm NOT a laywer and can't give legal advice.
> > 
> > My word, I cocked that one up.
> > 
> > > 
> > > > The REUSE specification suggests the following things:
> > > > - Include the license text in LICENSES/.
> > > > - Include copyright notices in all relevant files.
> > > 
> > > you meant both of them must be applied or one of them? 
> > 
> > Both. Well, "must". REUSE is a set of recommendations, not legal
> > obligations :p
> > 
> > Kindly,
> > Carmen
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Je ven, 2020-04-10 je 00:11 +0300, Ashkar Dev skribis:
> > > 
> > > Thanks for replay
> > > These are explanations of my question:
> > > 
> > > if I have a page and it includes some codes, some of them are mine code and there is also some part from some MIT Licensed Projects so is it legal to add all licenses at the top? I mean not adding the License directly with the code but at the top of its file.
> > > 
> > > because I am on developing a project and used MIT Licensed codes of others and I collected the Licenses but now I'm not sure which code is with which license and also the code was may be modified so if at each of my code files I add just all license texts is it enough right?
> > > 
> > > > Standard disclaimer that I'm a lawyer and can't give legal advice.
> > > 
> > > you meant you are a lawyer but it's not legal advice, right?
> > > 
> > > > The REUSE specification suggests the following things:
> > > > - Include the license text in LICENSES/.
> > > > - Include copyright notices in all relevant files.
> > > 
> > > you meant both of them must be applied or one of them? 
> > 
> >