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---
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class: home
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title: Choose an open source license
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---
<p>An open source license protects contributors and users. Businesses and savvy developers wont touch a project without this protection.</p>
<h2>
<span>{</span>
Which of the following best describes your situation?
<span>}</span>
</h2>
<ul class="triptych situations clearfix">
<li class="existing">
<a href="community/">
<span class="triptych-sprite community"></span>
<h3>I need to work in a community.</h3>
</a>
<p>
Use the <a href="community/">license preferred by the community</a> youre contributing to or depending on. Your project will fit right in.
</p>
<p>
If you have a dependency that doesnt have a license, ask its maintainers to <a href="no-permission/#for-users">add a license</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li class="whatever">
<a href="licenses/mit/">
<span class="triptych-sprite three-arrows"></span>
<h3>I want it simple and permissive.</h3>
</a>
<p>
The <a href="licenses/mit/">MIT License</a> is short and to the point. It lets people do almost anything they want with your project, like making and distributing closed source versions.
</p>
<p>
{% include using-sentence.html license-id="mit" %}
</p>
</li>
<li class="copyleft">
<a href="licenses/gpl-3.0/">
<span class="triptych-sprite circular"></span>
<h3>I care about sharing improvements.</h3>
</a>
<p>
The <a href="licenses/gpl-3.0/">GNU GPLv3</a> also lets people do almost anything they want with your project, <em>except</em> distributing closed source versions.
</p>
<p>
{% include using-sentence.html license-id="gpl-3.0" %}
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>
<span>{</span>
What if none of these work for me?
<span>}</span>
</h2>
<ul class="triptych see-more clearfix">
<li>
<h3>My project isnt software.</h3>
<p>
<a href="non-software/">There are licenses for that</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>I want more choices.</h3>
<p>
<a href="licenses/">More licenses are available</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<h3>I dont want to choose a license.</h3>
<p>
<a href="no-permission/">Heres what happens if you dont</a>.
</p>
</li>
</ul>