38. GPL License Versus MIT License

38

GPL License Versus MIT License

A SUGGESTION for creating a “we accept Bitcoin” logo had a GPL license. Here, Satoshi states that he prefers the MIT license, the same open source license that the Bitcoin software uses.

Re: Make your “we accept Bitcoin” logo

Satoshi Nakamoto February 24, 2010, 09:53:52 PM

If you GPL stuff, I have to avoid using it. Nothing against GPLper-se, but Bitcoin is an MIT license project. Anything GPL please clearly mark it as such.