{
  "question": "What is the difference between MIT-0 and MIT?",
  "slug": "mit-0-vs-mit",
  "url": "https://www.rightshold.com/answers/mit-0-vs-mit",
  "short_answer": "MIT-0 code shipped commercially: Yes.",
  "framing": "MIT-0 is the MIT License with the attribution condition removed.",
  "checks": [
    {
      "label": "MIT-0 code shipped commercially",
      "license": "MIT-0",
      "license_name": "MIT No Attribution",
      "intended_use": {
        "commercial_use": true,
        "redistribution": true
      },
      "verdict": "permitted",
      "answer": "Yes",
      "findings": [
        "Every use you described is granted by MIT-0, and nothing you described is prohibited."
      ],
      "duties": [],
      "curation": "curated_provisional",
      "official_text": "https://opensource.org/license/mit-0"
    }
  ],
  "compatibility": {
    "licenses": [
      "MIT-0",
      "MIT"
    ],
    "verdict": "compatible"
  },
  "compare": [
    {
      "license": "MIT-0",
      "duties": [],
      "notes": [
        "Provided as is, without warranty.",
        "No attribution is required, so training on or redistributing it carries no notice condition."
      ]
    },
    {
      "license": "MIT",
      "duties": [
        "attribution",
        "license_notice"
      ],
      "notes": [
        "Provided as is, without warranty."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "context": [
    "With MIT you must keep the copyright and license notice in copies; with MIT-0 you need not."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "MIT-0 (SPDX)",
      "url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT-0.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "MIT (SPDX)",
      "url": "https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html"
    }
  ],
  "check_it_yourself": {
    "mcp": {
      "tool": "check_license",
      "arguments": {
        "license": "MIT-0",
        "intended_use": {
          "commercial_use": true,
          "redistribution": true
        }
      }
    },
    "rest": "POST https://www.rightshold.com/v1/licenses/check"
  },
  "computed_from": "Rightshold license profiles at render time; not legal advice",
  "updated": "2026-10-23"
}