Can a License have multiple names under the copyright? Basically I took Loic's code and made some small modifications and made it into a Platform app. I don't know if that's reason enough to add my name or the institute's, etc.
Can a License have multiple names under the copyright? Basically I took Loic's code and made some small modifications and made it into a Platform app. I don't know if that's reason enough to add my name or the institute's, etc.
I think you cannot say that Loic Viens is responsible for all the files in the repository either. If you can extract the file you used, you can add this licence as a header to it. Otherwise, you'll have to use some mixed solution (see a post here https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/234511/what-is-the-best-practice-for-arranging-third-party-library-licenses-paperwork on similar topic).
Note also that you don't have to use the MIT licence for the rest of the code, any other can be used, provided the conditions of the licence are met ("The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.").
I think you cannot say that Loic Viens is responsible for all the files in the repository either. If you can extract the file you used, you can add this licence as a header to it. Otherwise, you'll have to use some mixed solution (see a post here https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/234511/what-is-the-best-practice-for-arranging-third-party-library-licenses-paperwork on similar topic).
Note also that you don't have to use the MIT licence for the rest of the code, any other can be used, provided the conditions of the licence are met ("The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.").
Here's also what AI suggests to do (you can try to make it generate a similar file if you wanted to use another licence than MIT):
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 Your Name
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
---
Portions of this software are derived from [LibraryName], which is:
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2019 Original Author
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy...
[Repeat full original MIT license text from the library]
Here's also what AI suggests to do (you can try to make it generate a similar file if you wanted to use another licence than MIT):
```
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 Your Name
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
---
Portions of this software are derived from [LibraryName], which is:
MIT License
Copyright (c) 2019 Original Author
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy...
[Repeat full original MIT license text from the library]
```
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@MIT LicenseCopyright (c) 2018 Loic ViensIs this a correct entry for the ResponseSpectra software?
Can a License have multiple names under the copyright? Basically I took Loic's code and made some small modifications and made it into a Platform app. I don't know if that's reason enough to add my name or the institute's, etc.
I think you cannot say that Loic Viens is responsible for all the files in the repository either. If you can extract the file you used, you can add this licence as a header to it. Otherwise, you'll have to use some mixed solution (see a post here https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/234511/what-is-the-best-practice-for-arranging-third-party-library-licenses-paperwork on similar topic).
Note also that you don't have to use the MIT licence for the rest of the code, any other can be used, provided the conditions of the licence are met ("The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.").
Here's also what AI suggests to do (you can try to make it generate a similar file if you wanted to use another licence than MIT):
License updated