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If this is under the MIT license, doesn't every project that uses it for initial scaffolding have to keep its license around?

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You can basically do anything at all with it, including include it in a more restrictive licensing setup. The only constraint is that you must include the original license/copyright notices.

https://tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license

> The only constraint is that you must include the original license/copyright notices.

Right, that's exactly what I mean.

The MIT license is not copy-left. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft

No, but it stipulates that the copyright notice and license text must be retained.

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