Proper attribution of 'BSD 3-Clause License' code in a MIT license project

Asked Oct 26 '20 at 00:24

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I have a repository on Github that I want to license under the MIT license. I have copy pasted parts of two other projects, one which is under an MIT license, and another which is under a BSD 3-Clause License. This is how my license file looks like right now:

* This repository as a whole is under the following MIT license:
// ... my MIT license

Parts of this project was derived from Project A

and so the license from it's repository is included below:
// ... Project A's BSD 3-Clause License

Parts of this project was derived from Project B

and so the license from it's repository is included below:
// ... Project B's MIT license

Is this proper attribution of the other projects?

Is licensing my project under MIT when I used part of a project with a BSD 3-Clause License okay?

If I incorporated more projects, would I have to do the above for each one? That would make my LICENSE very long...

asked Oct 26 '20 at 00:24

Ibraheem Ahmed

Does this question deal with your last point? – MadHatter Oct 26 '20 at 07:30
@MadHatter Yes, it does. I do have to do it for each one. Thanks – Ibraheem Ahmed Oct 26 '20 at 15:27
No worries - glad you got an answer! – MadHatter Oct 26 '20 at 15:34
What about the second point: 'Is licensing my project under MIT when I used part of a project with a BSD 3-Clause License okay?' – Ibraheem Ahmed Oct 26 '20 at 16:54
I'm so sorry, I closed the question prematurely; I have rectified this error. That said, you might also want to take a look at this question, because it applies equally to using MIT code derivatives under BSD. – MadHatter Oct 26 '20 at 21:11
Oh, ok, so if I understand correctly, the answer to all three of my questions is 'yes'? – Ibraheem Ahmed Oct 26 '20 at 23:07
I think so, yes. Do you want me to write up a short answer saying that, or are you happy with the duplicates? – MadHatter Oct 27 '20 at 06:27
You can close it. Thanks – Ibraheem Ahmed Oct 27 '20 at 15:38

Proper attribution of 'BSD 3-Clause License' code in a MIT license project

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