License¶

MIT License¶

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.

Summary¶

Scoras is created by Anderson L. Amaral and is available under the MIT license, which allows anyone to use it for free, forever, in whatever way they want. This includes:

Using the library in commercial applications
Modifying the library
Distributing the library
Sublicensing the library
Private use of the library

The only requirement is that the copyright notice and permission notice must be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

Why MIT License?¶

The MIT License was chosen for Scoras because it:

Is simple and easy to understand
Provides maximum freedom to users
Allows for commercial use
Has minimal restrictions
Is compatible with many other licenses

This aligns with the philosophy of Scoras to be accessible and useful to as many developers as possible.