Is MIT The Best License?
Patent issues are the time bomb of the MIT licence Many of the issues with the license are due to the evilness of software patents. ... Because the MIT licence has no explicit grant of patent rights as a condition of use of the code you open yourself up to abuse from bad actors.
The MIT licence is community hostile - Janis Lesinskis' Blog
Should I use MIT or GNU license?
GNU GPL obliges you to do some things that MIT doesn't, making MIT friendlier to people who want to sell or re-sell the covered software. GNU makes you make your code freely available, even if you are only incorporating GNU GPL software. (It's different for LGPL).
What are the key differences between the GNU General Public license ...
What does licensed under MIT mean?
The MIT License is a permissive free software license originating at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the late 1980s. ... Any software licensed under the terms of the MIT License can be integrated with software licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
MIT License - Wikipedia
Arguably, the biggest advantage of using the MIT License is that it is very permissive. It is not only welcoming to open-source developers, but also to businesses (Proprietary). This quality of the license allows it to be both business-friendly and open-source friendly, while still making it possible to be monetized.
The realm of an MIT licensed software code - iPleaders Blog