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It’s MIT licensed. They don’t need to ask. They need to add his name to credits and/or send an email about what they did.

It’s basic courtesy (plus MIT license, if you prefer).



You need to use 3 or 4 clause BSD not MIT if you want to get in credits.


courtesy cannot be enforced, that's the point.


I bet if it was 3 or 4 clause BSD, somebody will say that "open source is open source, I don't care".




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