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If you are writing closed-source software, only use other software which are MIT, Apache, or BSD licensed.
If you are writing closed-source software, only use other software which are MIT, Apache, or BSD licensed.
Do not use or link to any AGPL software such as MongoDB, especially if you want your startup to get bought out.
Interacting with GPL programs such as MariaDB through an interface layer is fine though.   
Licensing your own software as AGPL will prevent it from ever being bought out or used at many tech companies. 
This is because tech companies, in particular Google, have an AGPL ban<ref name="googleagpl">Google AGPL Policy: https://opensource.google/docs/using/agpl-policy/</ref>.


==MIT License==
==MIT License==
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==Resources==
==Resources==
* [https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/217/what-are-the-essential-differences-between-the-bsd-and-mit-licences BSD vs MIT License stackexchange]
* [https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/217/what-are-the-essential-differences-between-the-bsd-and-mit-licences BSD vs MIT License stackexchange]
==References==