The Warranty of Noninfringement
Another important aspect of the MIT license is its disclaimer of the warranty of noninfringement. This concept is entirely missing from the BSD license. Here's how the MIT license says it (converted from uppercase letters):
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. (MIT license third paragraph.)
You can infringe someone's intellectual property by exercising any of the exclusive rights of the owner of that intellectual property—copyright or patent—without a license to do so. If you copy, modify, or distribute copyrighted software without a license, or if ...
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