Choosing an OSS license doesn’t need to be scary.
{ Which of the following best describes your situation? }
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Do what you like with my code.
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 or V3) 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.