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title: "What's this about?"
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always usually evaluates to false Remove "If you have questions or issues, it is always best to consult a legal professional." It's not always best, especially considering it's costly and for most finding one knowledgable about open source licensing will be difficult. If it were always best, the site should consist of <h1>Consult a legal professional.</h1> But seriously, claiming one should consult a legal professional is no way to make choosing an open source license non-scary.
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GitHub wants to help developers choose an open source license for their source code.
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If you already know what you're doing and have a license you prefer to use, that's great! We're not here to change your mind. But if you are bewildered by the large number of choices, maybe we can help.
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## Not comprehensive
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This site is not a comprehensive directory of open source licenses. The vast majority of projects will likely be well served by one of the three options highlighted on the [homepage](/) — choosing the license [preferred](/community/) by projects similar to yours, or the most popular permissive license ([MIT](/licenses/mit/)), or the most popular copyleft license ([GNU GPLv3](/licenses/gpl-3.0/)). Just in case you have specific needs not covered by these, we also highlight a [few other licenses to consider](/licenses/) and have a page about [licenses for non-software projects](/non-software/).
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See our [appendix](/appendix/) for a table of every license cataloged in the [choosealicense.com repository](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com) and the links below for *even more* licenses that you **do not** need to learn about to still choose a great license for your project.
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### Additional resources
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focus additional resources on choosing an open license, not lists of licenses Fixes #490 which was concerned that the additional resources list did not include all like items, I understand driven by concern that the SPDX license list includes non-open licenses. So does the FSF license list -- worse, it even recommends some. This fix focuses the list on resources about choosing an open license, not resources listing a bunch of licenses. Fortunately both OSI and FSF have pages directly addressing choosing a license. I've removed the SPDX and English Wikipedia lists.
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* Open Source Initiative's FAQ on [Which Open Source license should I choose to release my software under?](https://opensource.org/faq#which-license)
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* Free Software Foundation's [advice on how to choose a license](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html)
Add Joinup Licensing Assistant to About: additional resources Additional background on the project at https://lists.spdx.org/g/Spdx-legal/topic/32099229#2628
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* [Joinup Licensing Assistant](https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/joinup-licensing-assistant-jla), an interactive license chooser from the European Commission
Link to Open Source Guide on The Legal Side of Open Source https://opensource.guide/legal/ one of a set of guides released today https://github.com/blog/2318-announcing-open-source-guides For now just adding as an additional resource, eventually should be worked into home and/or licenses pages.
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* [The Legal Side of Open Source](https://opensource.guide/legal/), an Open Source Guide covering licensing and related issues
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## Help us improve it
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Choosealicense.com isn't just about open source; the site itself is open source as well. See something you think could be done better? Feel free to [fork the project](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com) on GitHub and submit a pull request. We welcome your improvements.
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## Disclaimer
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We are not lawyers. Well, most of us anyway. It is not the goal of this site to provide legal advice. The goal of this site is to provide a starting point to help you make an informed choice by providing information on popular open source licenses in a simplified fashion. If you have any questions regarding the best license for your code or any other legal issues relating to it, it's your responsibility to do further research or consult with a professional.
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