Choosing an OSS license doesn’t need to be scary.

{ Which of the following best describes your situation? }

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  I want to keep it simple & permissive.

  The MIT License 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.

  jQuery and Rails use the MIT License.

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  I’m concerned about patents.

  The Apache License 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.

  Apache, SVN, and NuGet use the Apache License.

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  I care about reciprocity.

  The GPL (V2, V3, or Affero) 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.

  Linux and Git use the GPL.

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