choosealicense.com/index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang='en'>
  <head>
    <title>ChooseALicense.com</title>
    <meta charset='utf-8'>
    <meta content='IE=edge,chrome=1' http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible'>
    <link href='favicon.ico' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'>
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Chivo:900' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link type="text/css" href="css/application.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/modernizr.js"></script>
    <!--[if (gte IE 6)&(lte IE 8)]>
      <script src='javascripts/selectivizr-min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
    <![endif]-->
  </head>
  <body class='home'>
    <div class='container'>
      <div id='home'>
  <h1>Choosing an OSS license doesn’t need to be scary.</h1>
  <h2>
    <span>{</span>
    Which of the following best describes your situation?
    <span>}</span>
  </h2>
  <ul class="situations cf">
    <li class='whatever'>
      <a href="licenses/mit"><img height='57' src='images/three-arrows@2x.png' width='72'></a>
      <h3><a href="licenses/mit">I want to keep it simple &amp; permissive.</a></h3>
      <p>
        The <a href="licenses/mit">MIT License</a> is a permissive license that is short and to the point. It lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty.
      </p>
      <p>
        <strong>jQuery</strong> and <strong>Rails</strong> use the MIT License.
      </p>
    </li>
    <li class='patents'>
      <a href="licenses/apache"><img height='72' src='images/lightbulb@2x.png' width='43'></a>
      <h3><a href="licenses/apache">I’m concerned about patents.</a></h3>
      <p>
        The <a href="licenses/apache/">Apache License</a> is a permissive license similar to the MIT License, but it provides a patent license for any code that infringes on a contributor’s patents.
      </p>
      <p>
        <strong>Apache</strong>, <strong>SVN</strong>, and <strong>NuGet</strong> use the Apache License.
      </p>
    </li>
    <li class='reciprocity'>
      <!--
      TODO: We might need a GPL landing page here so we're not making any political statements
      -->
      <a href="licenses/gpl-v2"><img height='69' src='images/circular@2x.png' width='72'></a>
      <h3><a href="licenses/gpl.html">I care about reciprocity.</a></h3>
      <p>
        The GPL (<a href="licenses/gpl-v2">V2</a>, <a href="licenses/gpl-v3">V3</a>, or <a href="licenses/agpl">Affero</a>) requires that folks who modify your code also license their changes under the GPL. V3 is similar to V2, but adds a restriction restricting use in hardware that forbids software alterations.
      </p>
      <p>
        <strong>Linux</strong> and <strong>Git</strong> use the GPL.
      </p>
    </li>
  </ul>
  <p class="see-more callout">
    None of these work for me. <a href="licenses">Show me more licenses »</a>
  </p>
</div>
<footer class="site-footer cf">
  <nav>
    <a href="about">About</a>
    <a href="#">Terms of Service</a>
  </nav>
  <p>Please consult a legal expert before adopting a software license for your project.<br>
    This site is licensed under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">
    Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.</p>
</footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
-												First cut at a landing page

This is a VERY ROUGH take on the landing page. The basic idea is we want
to present 3 licenses on the home page and just enough info for people
to choose one of the three. But we'll provide links for folks who need
to dig deeper and choose a license that better fits their needs.

The design right now is blatantly stolen from KOD. But that's just to
make the early draft look pretty. That's not the intended final design.

											
										
										
											2012-06-08 17:19:25 +02:00
+								<!DOCTYPE html>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								<html lang='en'>
-												First cut at a landing page

This is a VERY ROUGH take on the landing page. The basic idea is we want
to present 3 licenses on the home page and just enough info for people
to choose one of the three. But we'll provide links for folks who need
to dig deeper and choose a license that better fits their needs.

The design right now is blatantly stolen from KOD. But that's just to
make the early draft look pretty. That's not the intended final design.

											
										
										
											2012-06-08 17:19:25 +02:00
+								  <head>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								    <title>ChooseALicense.com</title>
-												Get rid of XHTML self-closing tag syntax

HTML doesn't use this syntax (though it allows it). Let's modernize!

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 14:34:36 -05:00
+								    <meta charset='utf-8'>
 								    <meta content='IE=edge,chrome=1' http-equiv='X-UA-Compatible'>
-												Use relative paths

This makes the page look good if you open it on your local machine
without a webserver

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 11:25:47 -08:00
+								    <link href='favicon.ico' rel='shortcut icon' type='image/x-icon'>
-												Get rid of XHTML self-closing tag syntax

HTML doesn't use this syntax (though it allows it). Let's modernize!

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 14:34:36 -05:00
+								    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Chivo:900' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
-												Use relative paths

This makes the page look good if you open it on your local machine
without a webserver

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 11:25:47 -08:00
+								    <link type="text/css" href="css/application.css" media="screen" rel="stylesheet" />
 								    <script type="text/javascript" src="javascripts/modernizr.js"></script>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								    <!--[if (gte IE 6)&(lte IE 8)]>
-												Use relative paths

This makes the page look good if you open it on your local machine
without a webserver

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 11:25:47 -08:00
+								      <script src='javascripts/selectivizr-min.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								    <![endif]-->
-												First cut at a landing page

This is a VERY ROUGH take on the landing page. The basic idea is we want
to present 3 licenses on the home page and just enough info for people
to choose one of the three. But we'll provide links for folks who need
to dig deeper and choose a license that better fits their needs.

The design right now is blatantly stolen from KOD. But that's just to
make the early draft look pretty. That's not the intended final design.

											
										
										
											2012-06-08 17:19:25 +02:00
+								  </head>
-												CSS refactoring

- Replace IDs with classes
- Overall specificity reduction
- Use .js- prefix for JS hooks

											
										
										
											2013-01-21 19:45:45 -05:00
+								  <body class='home'>
 								    <div class='container'>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								      <div id='home'>
-												Use quotation marks instead of apostrophes

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 14:32:05 -05:00
+								  <h1>Choosing an OSS license doesn’t need to be scary.</h1>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								  <h2>
 								    <span>{</span>
 								    Which of the following best describes your situation?
 								    <span>}</span>
 								  </h2>
-												CSS refactoring

- Replace IDs with classes
- Overall specificity reduction
- Use .js- prefix for JS hooks

											
										
										
											2013-01-21 19:45:45 -05:00
+								  <ul class="situations cf">
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								    <li class='whatever'>
-												Consolidating all licenses into a single page

											
										
										
											2013-01-17 13:45:36 -08:00
+								      <a href="licenses/mit"><img height='57' src='images/three-arrows@2x.png' width='72'></a>
-												added gpl landing page + agpl placeholder

											
										
										
											2013-01-25 16:08:25 -05:00
+								      <h3><a href="licenses/mit">I want to keep it simple &amp; permissive.</a></h3>
-												First cut at a landing page

This is a VERY ROUGH take on the landing page. The basic idea is we want
to present 3 licenses on the home page and just enough info for people
to choose one of the three. But we'll provide links for folks who need
to dig deeper and choose a license that better fits their needs.

The design right now is blatantly stolen from KOD. But that's just to
make the early draft look pretty. That's not the intended final design.

											
										
										
											2012-06-08 17:19:25 +02:00
+								      <p>
-												Consolidating all licenses into a single page

											
										
										
											2013-01-17 13:45:36 -08:00
+								        The <a href="licenses/mit">MIT License</a> is a permissive license that is short and to the point. It lets people do anything with your code with proper attribution and without warranty.
-												First cut at a landing page

This is a VERY ROUGH take on the landing page. The basic idea is we want
to present 3 licenses on the home page and just enough info for people
to choose one of the three. But we'll provide links for folks who need
to dig deeper and choose a license that better fits their needs.

The design right now is blatantly stolen from KOD. But that's just to
make the early draft look pretty. That's not the intended final design.

											
										
										
											2012-06-08 17:19:25 +02:00
+								      </p>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								      <p>
 								        <strong>jQuery</strong> and <strong>Rails</strong> use the MIT License.
 								      </p>
 								    </li>
 								    <li class='patents'>
-												Consolidating all licenses into a single page

											
										
										
											2013-01-17 13:45:36 -08:00
+								      <a href="licenses/apache"><img height='72' src='images/lightbulb@2x.png' width='43'></a>
 								      <h3><a href="licenses/apache">I’m concerned about patents.</a></h3>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								      <p>
-												Consolidating all licenses into a single page

											
										
										
											2013-01-17 13:45:36 -08:00
+								        The <a href="licenses/apache/">Apache License</a> is a permissive license similar to the MIT License, but it provides a patent license for any code that infringes on a contributor’s patents.
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								      </p>
 								      <p>
 								        <strong>Apache</strong>, <strong>SVN</strong>, and <strong>NuGet</strong> use the Apache License.
 								      </p>
 								    </li>
 								    <li class='reciprocity'>
-												added footer skeleton

											
										
										
											2012-11-27 16:16:07 -05:00
+								      <!--
-												Made a pass through the permissive licenses

Added a "source" link for each license too. Might need to be styled
better.

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 10:37:37 -08:00
+								      TODO: We might need a GPL landing page here so we're not making any political statements
-												added footer skeleton

											
										
										
											2012-11-27 16:16:07 -05:00
+								      -->
-												Consolidating all licenses into a single page

											
										
										
											2013-01-17 13:45:36 -08:00
+								      <a href="licenses/gpl-v2"><img height='69' src='images/circular@2x.png' width='72'></a>
-												added gpl landing page + agpl placeholder

											
										
										
											2013-01-25 16:08:25 -05:00
+								      <h3><a href="licenses/gpl.html">I care about reciprocity.</a></h3>
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								      <p>
-												added gpl landing page + agpl placeholder

											
										
										
											2013-01-25 16:08:25 -05:00
+								        The GPL (<a href="licenses/gpl-v2">V2</a>, <a href="licenses/gpl-v3">V3</a>, or <a href="licenses/agpl">Affero</a>) requires that folks who modify your code also license their changes under the GPL. V3 is similar to V2, but adds a restriction restricting use in hardware that forbids software alterations.
-												initial work on new design

											
										
										
											2012-09-12 15:20:27 -04:00
+								      </p>
 								      <p>
 								        <strong>Linux</strong> and <strong>Git</strong> use the GPL.
 								      </p>
 								    </li>
 								  </ul>
-												CSS refactoring

- Replace IDs with classes
- Overall specificity reduction
- Use .js- prefix for JS hooks

											
										
										
											2013-01-21 19:45:45 -05:00
+								  <p class="see-more callout">
-												updated styling for see-more licenses block

											
										
										
											2013-01-21 19:01:43 -05:00
+								    None of these work for me. <a href="licenses">Show me more licenses »</a>
 								  </p>
-												added footer skeleton

											
										
										
											2012-11-27 16:16:07 -05:00
+								</div>
-												CSS refactoring

- Replace IDs with classes
- Overall specificity reduction
- Use .js- prefix for JS hooks

											
										
										
											2013-01-21 19:45:45 -05:00
+								<footer class="site-footer cf">
-												added footer skeleton

											
										
										
											2012-11-27 16:16:07 -05:00
+								  <nav>
-												Consolidating all licenses into a single page

											
										
										
											2013-01-17 13:45:36 -08:00
+								    <a href="about">About</a>
-												added footer skeleton

											
										
										
											2012-11-27 16:16:07 -05:00
+								    <a href="#">Terms of Service</a>
 								  </nav>
 								  <p>Please consult a legal expert before adopting a software license for your project.<br>
 								    This site is licensed under the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">
-												CSS refactoring

- Replace IDs with classes
- Overall specificity reduction
- Use .js- prefix for JS hooks

											
										
										
											2013-01-21 19:45:45 -05:00
+								    Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.</p>
 								</footer>
-												First cut at a landing page

This is a VERY ROUGH take on the landing page. The basic idea is we want
to present 3 licenses on the home page and just enough info for people
to choose one of the three. But we'll provide links for folks who need
to dig deeper and choose a license that better fits their needs.

The design right now is blatantly stolen from KOD. But that's just to
make the early draft look pretty. That's not the intended final design.

											
										
										
											2012-06-08 17:19:25 +02:00
+								    </div>
 								  </body>
-												Use quotation marks instead of apostrophes

											
										
										
											2012-11-26 14:32:05 -05:00
+								</html>