{"id":62,"date":"2014-12-04T23:09:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T23:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/open-software-licenses-mit-license\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T21:33:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T21:33:21","slug":"open-software-licenses-mit-license","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/integrations.pressbooks.network\/openedreader\/chapter\/open-software-licenses-mit-license\/","title":{"raw":"MIT License","rendered":"MIT License"},"content":{"raw":"Read the article at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/opensource.org\/licenses\/MIT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/opensource.org\/licenses\/MIT<\/a>\n\n<strong><strong>Background<\/strong><\/strong>\n\nThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology has their own version of an \u201cas-is\u201d software license. \u00a0This license grants permission to the user free of charge to use and reuse their material\/software in any way they see 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