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layout: license
permalink: no-license/
class: license-types

description: By not choosing a license, you retain all rights and do not permit distribution, reproduction, or derivative works under applicable copyright law. You may be giving others some rights in cases where you publish your source code to a site that requires accepting terms of service to that affect. For example, publishing to GitHub requires you allow others to view and fork your code.

note: This option may be subject to the Terms Of Use of the site where you publish your source code.

how: Simply do nothing, though including a copyright notice is recommended.

Required: 
* include-copyright (if there is one)

Permitted:
* private-use
* commercial-use

Forbidden:
* modifications
* distribution
* sublicense
---

Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]