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date: 2021-02-26T16:05:21.632-08:00
category:
  - opensource
  - licensing
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via @kemitchell’s [blog](https://writing.kemitchell.com/2021/02/26/Origin-MIT.html), Jerome Saltzer’s “The Origin of the [[MIT License]]” in the [IEEE Annals of Computer History](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9263265). [PDF](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/ielx7/85/9263032/09263265.pdf?tp=&arnumber=9263265&isnumber=9263032&ref=aHR0cHM6Ly9pZWVleHBsb3JlLmllZWUub3JnL2RvY3VtZW50LzkyNjMyNjU=)