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The license file of Buzz, an offline Whisper transcription app, is the MIT License, with the copyright line Copyright (c) 2022 Chidi Williams.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“MIT License Copyright (c) 2022 Chidi Williams”
Buzz LICENSE file (GitHub, chidiwilliams/buzz), Chidi Williams, GitHub, 2022, LICENSE file, first line.
Open the original- What it measures
- Buzz is a free, open source app that describes itself as transcribing and translating audio offline on a personal computer, using OpenAI's Whisper models. Its license file is the standard MIT License.
- What it does not show
- The license covers the Buzz source code. It does not change the terms of the Whisper model weights, and it does not say whether a paid store build differs from the open source release. Read the license file in the release you install.