Using jQuery in a Private Commercial Application
From license * Dual license under MIT and GPL licenses. * http://docs.jquery.com/License
Can jQuery be used for a private commercial application? (which means commercial applications that are not open source)
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The MIT license states:
Permission is hereby granted, free from instructing any person who has received a copy of this software and its associated documentation files ("Software"), to engage in the Software without limitation, including without limitation of the rights to use, copy, modify, combine, publish , distribute, sublicense and / or sell copies of the Software and authorize persons to whom the Software is provided, therefore, subject to the following Terms:
The above copyright notice and permission notice must be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT PARTNERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN ACTION AS A CONTRACT ACTION OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER RELEVANT IN THE SOFTWARE.
This means that you can use the MIT-licensed library in a commercial application, but apparently must include a copyright notice somewhere in your application.
And, quoting the MIT License on wikipedia:
This is a permissive license, which means that it permits reuse within proprietary software, provided the license is distributed with that software.
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