I have made a large number of modifications to some MIT-licensed source code to tailor it to the requirements of my project. Since this is JavaScript (for a website) the minified source code is naturally attainable by anyone viewing the site.
Whilst I am happy for people to use the source code under the terms of the MIT license, I feel that the body text of the license may lead to confusion since this is a highly modified version.
Is it acceptable to amend the license text? What is the correct etiquette ?
Original Text:
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2009 - 2014 Adriana Palazova
http://www.adipalaz.com
...
Full license in question (for a jQuery accordion control): http://www.adipalaz.com/docs/mit-license.txt
Proposed Change:
Add my name to the copyright notice in the MIT license:
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2009 - 2014 Adriana Palazova, 2014 {{My Name Here}}
http://www.adipalaz.com
...
And then change the header in the minified JavaScript file to the following:
/*!
* Nested Accordion (Modified by {{My Name Here}})
* Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 Adriana Palazova
* Copyright (c) 2014 {{My Name Here}}
* Licensed under the MIT (http://{{My URL Here}}/mit-license.txt) license.
*/
