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## Not comprehensive
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This site is not a comprehensive directory of open source licenses. On the [homepage](/), we break it down into just two licenses — the [MIT License](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/) and the [GNU GPLv3](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/gpl-3.0/). The vast majority of projects will likely be perfectly safe choosing from one of these two. 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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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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class: license-types
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For reference, here is a neat table of every license described in the [choosealicense.com repository](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com).
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For reference, here is a table of every license described in the [choosealicense.com repository](https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com).
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If you're here to choose a license, **[start from the home page](/)** to see a few licenses that will work for most cases.
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title: Existing projects and communities
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If you're contributing to or extending an existing project, it's almost always easiest to continue using that project's license. To find its license, look for a file called `LICENSE` or `COPYING`, or skim the project's `README`. If you can't find a license, [ask the maintainers](/no-permission/#for-users).
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If you're contributing to or extending an existing project, it's almost always easiest to continue using that project's license. To find its license, look for a file called `LICENSE` or `COPYING`, and skim the project's `README`. If you can't find a license, [ask the maintainers](/no-permission/#for-users).
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Depending on the original project's license, using the same license might be a requirement, not just the easiest thing to do. (See the "same license" condition of [some licenses](/licenses/).)
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* [Rust](https://rust-lang-nursery.github.io/api-guidelines/necessities.html#crate-and-its-dependencies-have-a-permissive-license-c-permissive) crates are overwhelmingly licensed under both [MIT](/licenses/mit/) and [Apache License 2.0](/licenses/apache-2.0/)
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* [WordPress](https://wordpress.org/about/license/) plugins and themes must be [GNU GPLv2](/licenses/gpl-2.0/) (or later)
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Communities come in all shapes and sizes, and using more than one license might be pertinent (e.g., [your company](https://opensource.guide/legal/#what-does-my-companys-legal-team-need-to-know)). The examples above are *very* well established. If the community you're building a project for doesn't have set-in-stone licensing traditions, or you don't see your project as part of any particular community, that's fine: [make your own choice of an open source license](/).
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Communities come in all shapes and sizes, and more than one community might be pertinent (e.g., keep in mind [your company](https://opensource.guide/legal/#what-does-my-companys-legal-team-need-to-know) if you work for one). The examples above are *very* well established. If the community you're building a project for doesn't have set-in-stone licensing traditions, or you don't see your project as part of any particular community, that's fine: [make your own choice of an open source license](/).
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<p>Open source licenses grant permission for anybody to use, modify, and share licensed software for any purpose, subject to conditions preserving the provenance and openness of the software. The following licenses are sorted by the degree of limitations and conditions, from most (GNU AGPLv3) to none (Unlicense). Notice that the popular licenses featured on the <a href="/">home page</a> (GNU GPLv3 and MIT) fall within this spectrum.</p>
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<p>Open source licenses grant permission for anybody to use, modify, and share licensed software for any purpose, subject to conditions preserving the provenance and openness of the software. The following licenses are sorted by the number of conditions, from most (GNU AGPLv3) to none (Unlicense). Notice that the popular licenses featured on the <a href="/">home page</a> (GNU GPLv3 and MIT) fall within this spectrum.</p>
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<p style="font-size:small; margin-bottom: 40px">If you're looking for a reference table of every license on choosealicense.com, see the <a href="/appendix">appendix</a>.</p>
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{% include license-overview.html license-id="agpl-3.0" %}
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