[SOLVED] Is it ok to (Kinda) sell something with MIT license?

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Can I safely sell a banner I designed that has an Image in it with "MIT License"?
is it Legal?

or a Piece of code/software with MIT license, can I take it & use it as a part of a paid app?

sorry if I'm in wrong place asking this (I'm not sure)!
 
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Can I safely sell a banner I designed that has an Image in it with "MIT License"?
is it Legal?

or a Piece of code/software with MIT license, can I take it & use it as a part of a paid app?

sorry if I'm in wrong place asking this (I'm not sure)!

Sure you can, provided that you include a MIT copyright notice in the package.
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You can sell things in almost all copy left/open licenses. Copy right is the thing that restricts you.

Even GPL can be sold. The only difference from selling GPL instead of MIT is that you have to also provide the source for the improvements you added. Nothing else (besides the common to both: mention the license and provide source).
 
Can I safely sell a banner I designed that has an Image in it with "MIT License"?
is it Legal?

or a Piece of code/software with MIT license, can I take it & use it as a part of a paid app?

sorry if I'm in wrong place asking this (I'm not sure)!
You can do anything with something licensed with the MIT License provided that you include the copyright and license it came with.

The license itself is an easy read, thankfully:
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.