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by vel0city 1477 days ago
Free software/ open source licenses are copyright.
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throwaway75026 1477 days ago
MIT/BSD licenses are essentially a copyright waiver.
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rdpintqogeogsaa 1477 days ago
They are not. You still have strings attached: the requirement of attribution and the disclaimer. With 3-clause and 4-clause BSD, there are even more strings attached.

You can't just take MIT-licensed code. You have to take the code and the full copyright notice and license grant with disclaimer.

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throwaway75026 1477 days ago
Copyright law doesn't allow you to waive those rights without falling into Public Domain, which is considered grey area in some countries.
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