licensing
What is “open-source software licensed under the MIT license”
<p>I wanted to use <a href="https://github.com/laraspace/laraspace" rel="nofollow noreferrer">laraspace</a> as my laravel boilerplate. It says in the license area "Laraspace is now an open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license." Does this mean I can use this however I wanted?</p>

<h2>No</h2>

<p>It means you can use it in accordance with the terms of the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MIT license</a>.</p>

<p>In the customary meaning of <strong>use</strong>, yes. </p>

<p>With respect to software licenses and open-source software licenses in particular, three common actions are <strong>use</strong>, <strong>modify</strong> and <strong>distribute</strong>. Copyright law severely limits the last action, and a license may restrict the former. However, open-source licenses in general and the MIT license in particular do not restrict your use and modify rights; they merely put some conditions on the terms of re-distribution.</p>
