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See [https://choosealicense.com/ https://choosealicense.com/] for help choosing a license for your project.<br> | See [https://choosealicense.com/ https://choosealicense.com/] for help choosing a license for your project.<br> | ||
They have a high-level comparison between licenses at [https://choosealicense.com/licenses/ https://choosealicense.com/licenses/].<br> | They have a high-level comparison between licenses at [https://choosealicense.com/licenses/ https://choosealicense.com/licenses/].<br> | ||
In general, you should use one of the MIT, Apache, or BSD licenses. | |||
If you choose a variant of GPL, it heavily decreases the likelihood of others, especially companies, using your code. | |||
If writing closed-source software, only use other software which are MIT, Apache, or BSD licensed. | |||
==MIT License== | ==MIT License== | ||
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==BSD Licenses== | ==BSD Licenses== | ||
See [[Wikipedia: BSD licenses] | See [[Wikipedia: BSD licenses]] | ||
The BSD Licenses are the 0, 2, 3, and 4 clause licenses. Each licenses contains some of the following clauses (in order). | The BSD Licenses are the 0, 2, 3, and 4 clause licenses. Each licenses contains some of the following clauses (in order). | ||