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Reuse old computer monitors to display static documents or art.

peter-walshPeter Walsh 08/31/2020 at 14:000 Comments
Contest rules say to document any open source licenses - but how do we do this?

All the software modules in the system (about 20 of them) have license text at the top, reproduced below. There's also a separate file LICENSE.txt in the project space (next to README.txt file and INSTALL.txt) with a separate copy.

The MIT license I use is less restrictive than the CC licenses - you can take the project and use or modify any portion of it for any purpose without notice.

For anyone at a company whose lawyers have any doubts, drop me a note and I'll E-mail back a specific waiver granting your company free and open access to the project.

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## MIT LICENSE
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## this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
## the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
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## so, subject to the following conditions:
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