mt-liteのソースコードと付属文書の著作権は、若林 正樹(Wakabayashi Masaki)が有する。mt-liteはフリーソフトウェアである: BSDライセンスに基づいて頒布される。無保証である。
ただし、一部のソースコードはmt19937arの派生物であり、著作権は原著者にある。BSDライセンスに基づいて頒布される。詳細は各ソースコード内の著作権表示とライセンスに関する記述を参照のこと。
著作権表示とライセンス全文は次の通り。
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