I just came across a piece of software that claims that it uses MIT license, but at the same time the source code is explicitly not provided ("developers only"). This got me thinking - is it even possible? The MIT license is very simple:
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't see any requirement for the source code availability, so it seems it is indeed possible to release binaries under MIT while keeping the source closed. Wow.
Quote:Copyright © <year> <copyright holders>
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.
I'm not a lawyer, but I don't see any requirement for the source code availability, so it seems it is indeed possible to release binaries under MIT while keeping the source closed. Wow.