ScrapySharp is a .NET library that is used for web scraping, similar to Scrapy in the Python world but designed to be used with the .NET framework. It provides a way to navigate and scrape content from HTML documents using a LINQ interface.
ScrapySharp is licensed under the MIT License. The MIT License is a permissive free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). It places minimal restrictions on the reuse of the licensed software, making it one of the most open licenses available.
Under the terms of the MIT License, you are free to:
- Use ScrapySharp in personal, private, or commercial projects.
- Copy the ScrapySharp source code into your own projects.
- Modify the source code as you see fit.
- Distribute the original or modified code, whether that be as part of your proprietary software, as your own package, or by any other means.
- Sub-license the code, allowing you to include it under a different license in a larger project that you distribute.
The only major obligation you have under the MIT License is to include the original copyright and license notice in any copies or substantial portions of the software. This means that if you distribute ScrapySharp, in original or modified form, you must include the original copyright and license notice somewhere in the distribution. This is usually done in a file called LICENSE or COPYING, or sometimes at the top of source code files.
Here's an example of what the MIT License text typically looks like (though you should use the exact text from the ScrapySharp repository to ensure accuracy):
MIT License
Copyright (c) [year] [copyright holders]
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.
Always check the current license terms from the official ScrapySharp repository or package source, because licensing terms can change over time. The official ScrapySharp GitHub repository would be the best place to find the most up-to-date license information.
