The mysterious history of the MIT License

guest · Apr 28, 2019

The mysterious history of the MIT License
April 26, 2019
https://opensource.com/article/19/4/history-mit-license

Recently, David Humphrey posed a seemingly straightforward question on Twitter.

When was the MIT License created? I can't find any source that gives a year.
— David Humphrey (@humphd) April 1, 2019
Given its popularity, you'd think the license's inception would be well-documented. I found various clues that added up to a date in the late 1980s but nothing definitive.

The date? The best single answer is probably 1987. But the complete story is more complicated and even a little mysterious.
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