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layout: default
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class: home
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hide_breadcrumbs: true
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title: Choose an open source license
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permalink: /
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---
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<p>An open source license protects contributors and users. Businesses and savvy developers won’t touch a project without this protection.</p>
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<h2>
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<span>{</span>
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Which of the following best describes your situation?
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<span>}</span>
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</h2>
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<ul class="triptych situations clearfix">
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<li class="existing">
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<a href="community/">
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<span class="triptych-sprite community"></span>
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<h3>I need to work in a community.</h3>
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</a>
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<p>
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Use the <a href="community/">license preferred by the community</a> you’re contributing to or depending on. Your project will fit right in.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you have a dependency that doesn’t have a license, ask its maintainers to <a href="no-permission/#for-users">add a license</a>.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li class="whatever">
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<a href="licenses/mit/">
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<span class="triptych-sprite three-arrows"></span>
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<h3>I want it simple and permissive.</h3>
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</a>
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<p>
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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, including to make and distribute closed source versions.
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</p>
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<p>
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{% include using-sentence.html license-id="mit" %}
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</p>
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</li>
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<li class="copyleft">
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<a href="licenses/gpl-3.0/">
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<span class="triptych-sprite circular"></span>
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<h3>I care about sharing improvements.</h3>
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</a>
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<p>
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The <a href="licenses/gpl-3.0/">GNU GPLv3</a> also lets people do almost anything they want with your project, <em>except</em> to distribute closed source versions.
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</p>
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<p>
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{% include using-sentence.html license-id="gpl-3.0" %}
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>
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<span>{</span>
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What if none of these work for me?
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<span>}</span>
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</h2>
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<ul class="triptych see-more clearfix">
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<li>
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<h3>My project isn’t software.</h3>
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<p>
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<a href="non-software/">There are licenses for that</a>.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<h3>I want more choices.</h3>
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<p>
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<a href="licenses/">More licenses are available</a>.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<h3>I don’t want to choose a license.</h3>
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<p>
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<a href="no-permission/">Here’s what happens if you don’t</a>.
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</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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